Commuting maps on certain incidence algebras (Q779725)

In this article, the authors assume that \(R\) is a 2-torsion-free commutative ring with unity, \(X\) a locally finite pre-ordered set with a finite number of connected components and \(I(X,R)\) the incidence algebra of \(X\) over \(R\). They employ these concepts to give a sufficient and necessary condition for a commuting map on \(I(X,R)\) to be proper. Based on the previous results, it is fascinating to study a relationship between commuting maps and the structure of incidence algebras, especially the combinatorial structure. This formed the main motivation for this paper. The results of this paper deal with the finite case, here the authors assume that all the rings and algebras are 2-torsion free. In this section, they study commuting maps of the incidence algebra \(I(X,R)\) when \(X\) is a finite pre-ordered set. The main result of this section is the following. Theorem 2.5 Let \(R\) be a 2-torsion-free commutative ring with unity and \(X\) be finite. Then, every commuting map \(\theta\) on \(I(X,R)\) is proper if and only if the set of all directed edges associated with each connected component forms one equivalence class under the relation \(\approx\). The general case. The authors in this section, extend Theorem 2.5 to the case of \(X\) being a locally finite pre-ordered set. Generally, the readers of this paper will find advanced results with nice examples to illustrate them.