On derivations of semisimple Leibniz algebras

Abstract

In the paper we describe derivations of some classes of Leibniz algebras. It is shown that any derivation of a simple Leibniz algebra can be written as a combination of three derivations. Two of these ingredients are a Lie algebra derivations and the third one can be explicitly described. Then we show that the similar description can found as well as for a subclass of semisimple Leibniz algebras.