SEMIGROUP GRADINGS OF FULL MATRIX RINGS (Q2764483)

Let \(S\) be a semigroup. A ring \(R\) is said to be graded by \(S\) if and only if there exists a family \(\{R_x\mid x\in S\}\) of rings indexed by \(S\) such that the additive group of \(R\) is the direct sum of the additive groups of \(R_x\) (\(x\in S\)) and \(R_xR_y\subseteq R_{xy}\) for all \(x,y\in S\). Suppose that \(R=\bigoplus R_x\) (\(x\in S\)) is an \(S\)-grading of a ring \(R\). An element \(a\in R\) is called homogeneous if \(a\in R_x\) for some \(x\in S\). Let \(F\) be a field, let \(A=M_n(F)\) be the algebra of all \(n\times n\)-matrices over \(F\), and let \(S\) be a finite semigroup. The authors describe all gradings \(A=\bigoplus A_x\) (\(x\in S\)) of \(A\) such that all standard matrix units \(e_{ij}\) are homogeneous elements of \(A\).