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On the Clean Graph of a Ring

Combinatorics 2025-11-26 v1

Abstract

Let RR be a ring (not necessarily a commutative ring) with identity. The clean graph Cl(R)Cl(R) of a ring RR is a graph with vertices in the form of an ordered pair (e,u)(e,u), where ee is an idempotent and uu is a unit of ring RR, respectively. Two distinct vertices (e,u)(e,u) and (f,v)(f,v) are adjacent in Cl(R)Cl(R) if and only if ef=fe=0ef=fe=0 or uv=vu=1uv=vu=1. In this study, we considered the induced subgraph Cl2(R)Cl_2(R) of Cl(R)Cl(R). We determined the Wiener index of Cl2(R)Cl_2(R), and we showed Cl2(R)Cl_2(R) has a perfect matching. In addition, we determined the matching number of Cl2(R)Cl_2(R) if U(R)|U(R)| is not even.

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@article{arxiv.2412.10491,
  title  = {On the Clean Graph of a Ring},
  author = {Randhir Singh and S. C. Patekar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.10491},
  year   = {2025}
}
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