Generalized Jordan Derivations of Incidence Algebras

Abstract

For a given ring $\Re$ and a locally finite pre-ordered set $(X, \leq)$, consider $I(X, \Re)$ to be the incidence algebra of $X$ over $\Re$. Motivated by a Xiao’s result which states that every Jordan derivation of $I(X, \Re)$ is a derivation in the case $\Re$ is 2-torsion free, one proves that each generalized Jordan derivation of $I(X, \Re)$ is a generalized derivation provided $\Re$ is 2-torsion free, getting as a consequence the above mentioned result.