Transactions on Combinatorics (Mar 2017)

On annihilator graph of a finite commutative ring

  • Sanghita Dutta,
  • Chanlemki Lanong

DOI
https://doi.org/10.22108/toc.2017.20360
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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‎The annihilator graph $AG(R)$ of a commutative ring $R$ is a simple undirected graph with the vertex set $Z(R)^*$ and two distinct vertices are adjacent if and only if $ann(x) cup ann(y)$ $ neq $ $ann(xy)$‎. ‎In this paper we give the sufficient condition for a graph $AG(R)$ to be complete‎. ‎We characterize rings for which $AG(R)$ is a regular graph‎, ‎we show that $gamma (AG(R))in {1,2}$ and we also characterize the rings for which $AG(R)$ has a cut vertex‎. ‎Finally we find the clique number of a finite reduced ring and characterize the rings for which $AG(R)$ is a planar graph‎.

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