Solution

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Number the source vertices and the sink , and write for the arrows. The only basis paths are . Using standard matrix units, define
The relations , orthogonality of the vertex idempotents, and agree exactly with multiplication of these matrix units. The map is therefore an algebra homomorphism, and its images form a basis of the algebra
This is an explicit isomorphism of the path algebra of the subspace quiver with a -dimensional triangular matrix algebra.

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