Abstract:
Let $R$ be an associative ring and $f$ be an injective endomorphism of $R$ such that the Cohn–Jordan extension $A(R,f)$ satisfies the ascending chain condition on left annihilators. In this paper we obtain some semiprimitivity criteria for the skew polynomial ring $R[x,f]$ over the ring $R$. In particular, we prove that the skew polynomial ring is semisimple if and only if its prime radical is zero. Furthermore, it is so if and only if the ring $R$ is semiprime.