The regular digraph of ideals of a commutative ring (Q2428617): Difference between revisions

For a commutative ring with unity \(R\), the regular digraph of ideals of \(R\) is defined as follows: Its vertex set is the set of all non-trivial ideals of \(R\), and for two distinct vertices \(I\) and \(J\) there is an arc from \(I\) to \(J\) if \(I\) contains a \(J\)-regular element of \(J\) (that is, an \(x\in I\) such that \(xy\neq 0\) for every \(y\in J\setminus\{0\}\).) The underlying undirected simple graph is called the undirected regular graph of ideals of \(R\). The main topic of the paper under review is to determine some graph-theoretic properties of these graphs for Artinian rings. In particular, the clique number, the chromatic number, the diameter and the girth of the regular graph of ideals of an Artinian ring is determined. Among other results, it is proved that the regular graph of ideals of \(R\) is a complete graph if and only if \(R\) is an integral domain.