The purpose of this note is to prove the following. Suppose $\mathfrak{R}$ is a semiprime unity ring having an idempotent element $e$ ($e\neq 0,~e\neq 1$) which satisfies mild conditions. It is shown that every additive generalized Jordan derivation on $\mathfrak{R}$ is a generalized derivation.

In this paper we prove the following result: let $m,n\geq 1$ be distinct integers, let $R$ be an $mn(m+n)|m-n|$-torsion free semiprime ring and let $D:R\rightarrow R$ be an $(m,n)$-Jordan derivation, that is an additive mapping satisfying the relation $(m+n)D(x^{2})=2mD(x)x+2nxD(x)$ for $x\in R$. Then $D$ is a derivation which maps $R$ into its centre.

Let 𝒟 be a strongly double triangle subspace lattice on a nonzero complex reflexive Banach space X and let δ:Alg 𝒟→Alg 𝒟 be a linear mapping. We show that δ is Jordan derivable at zero, that is, δ(AB+BA)=δ(A)B+Aδ(B)+δ(B)A+Bδ(A) whenever AB+BA=0 if and only if δ has the form δ(A)=τ(A)+λA for some derivation τ and some scalar λ. We also show that if the dimension of X is greater than 2, then δ satisfies δ(AB+BA)=δ(A)B+Aδ(B)+δ(B)A+Bδ(A) whenever AB=0 if and only if δ is a derivation.

Let A and B be C*-algebras, let X be an essential Banach A-bimodule and let T : A → B and S : A → X be continuous linear maps with T surjective. Suppose that T(a)T(b) + T(b)T(a) = 0 and S(a)b + bS(a) + aS(b) + S(b)a = 0 whenever a, b ε A are such that ab = ba = 0. We prove that then T = wΦ and S = D + Ψ, where w lies in the centre of the multiplier algebra of B, Φ: A → B is a Jordan epimorphism, D: A → X is a derivation and Ψ: A → X is a bimodule homomorphism.