In this note we propose a definition of inner derivation for nonassociative algebras. This definition coincides with the usual one for Lie algebras, and for associative algebras with no absolute right (left) divisor of zero. It is well known that all derivations of semi-simple associative or Lie algebras over a field of characteristic zero are inner.
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R. D. Schafer (1949) studied this question.
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