Good Gradings on Upper Block Triangular Matrix Algebras

We investigate group gradings of upper block triangular matrix algebras over a field such that all the matrix units lying there are homogeneous elements. We describe these gradings as endomorphism algebras of graded flags and classify them as orbits of a certain biaction of a Young subgroup and the group G on the set G ⁿ , where G is the grading group and n is the size of the matrix algebra. In particular, the results apply to algebras of upper triangular matrices.