Equivalences of higher derived brackets

This note elaborates on Th. Voronov’s construction Th. Voronov, Higher derived brackets and homotopy algebras, J. Pure Appl. Algebra 202 (1-3) (2005) 133-153; Th. Voronov, Higher derived brackets for arbitrary derivations, Travaux Math. XVI (2005) 163-186] of L_∞-structures via higher derived brackets with a Maurer-Cartan element. It is shown that gauge equivalent Maurer-Cartan elements induce L_∞-isomorphic structures. Applications in symplectic, Poisson and Dirac geometry are discussed.