Isomorphisms and derivations of partial flag incidence algebras

Abstract

Let $P$ and $Q$ be finite posets and $R$ a commutative unital ring. In the case where $R$ is indecomposable, we prove that the $R$-linear isomorphisms between partial flag incidence algebras $I^3(P,R)$ and $I^3(Q,R)$ are exactly those induced by poset isomorphisms between $P$ and $Q$. We also show that the $R$-linear derivations of $I^3(P,R)$ are trivial.

Notation changed in Subsection 1.3 at referee's request