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The Annihilating-Ideal Graph of a Ring

Rings and Algebras 2014-11-18 v1

Abstract

Let SS be a semigroup with 00 and RR be a ring with 11. We extend the definition of the zero-divisor graphs of commutative semigroups to not necessarily commutative semigroups. We define an annihilating-ideal graph of a ring as a special type of zero-divisor graph of a semigroup. We introduce two ways to define the zero-divisor graphs of semigroups. The first definition gives a directed graph Γ(S){\Gamma}(S), and the other definition yields an undirected graph Γ(S)\overline{{\Gamma}}(S). It is shown that Γ(S)\Gamma(S) is not necessarily connected, but Γ(S)\overline{{\Gamma}}(S) is always connected and diam(Γ(S))3{\rm diam}(\overline{\Gamma}(S))\leq 3. For a ring RR define a directed graph APOG(R)\Bbb{APOG}(R) to be equal to Γ(IPO(R))\Gamma(\Bbb{IPO}(R)), where IPO(R)\Bbb{IPO}(R) is a semigroup consisting of all products of two one-sided ideals of RR, and define an undirected graph APOG(R)\overline{\Bbb{APOG}}(R) to be equal to Γ(IPO(R))\overline{\Gamma}(\Bbb{IPO}(R)). We show that RR is an Artinian (resp., Noetherian) ring if and only if APOG(R)\Bbb{APOG}(R) has DCC (resp., ACC) on some special subset of its vertices. Also, It is shown that APOG(R)\overline{\Bbb{APOG}}(R) is a complete graph if and only if either (D(R))2=0(D(R))^{2}=0, RR is a direct product of two division rings, or RR is a local ring with maximal ideal m\mathfrak{m} such that IPO(R)={0,m,m2,R}\Bbb{IPO}(R)=\{0,\mathfrak{m},\mathfrak{m}^{2}, R\}. Finally, we investigate the diameter and the girth of square matrix rings over commutative rings Mn×n(R)M_{n\times n}(R) where n2n\geq 2.

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@article{arxiv.1411.4159,
  title  = {The Annihilating-Ideal Graph of a Ring},
  author = {F. Aliniaeifard and M. Behboodi and Y. Li},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1411.4159},
  year   = {2014}
}

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11 pages

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