Abstract:

Let ${\cal A}$ be a unital $*$-algebra with the unit $I$ and let $\xi\in{\Bbb C}\setminus\{0\}.$ Assume that ${\cal A}$ contains a nontrivial projection $P$ which satisfies $X{\cal A} P=0$ implies $X=0$ and $X{\cal A}(I-P)=0$ implies $X=0.$ Then $\phi$ is a nonlinear $\xi$-$*$-Jordan-type derivations on ${\cal A}$ if and only if $\phi$ is an additive $*$-derivation and $\phi(\xi A)=\xi\phi(A)$ for all $A\in{\cal A}.$

Key words: ξ-*-Jordan-type derivation, *-Algebra, *-Derivation