• Journal of the Chungcheong Mathematical Society
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.21-28
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• 2001

In this paper we show that the following results remain valid for arbitrary Jordan derivations as well: Let d be a derivation of a complex Banach algebra A. If $d^2(x){\in}rad(A)$ for all $x{\in}A$, then we have $d(A){\subseteq}rad(A)$ ([5, p. 243]), and in a case when A is unital, $d(A){\subseteq}rad(A)$ if and only if sup{$r(z^{-1}d(z)){\mid}z{\in}A$ invertible} < ${\infty}$([3]), where rad(A) stands for the Jacobson radical of A, and r(${\cdot}$) for the spectral radius.