On rings whose Beck graph is split (Q747559)

The first ever construction of a graph from a commutative ring \(R\) is the graph with vertex set \(R\) and two distinct \(x\) and \(y\) are adjacent if \(xy=0.\) This construction of a graph from a commutative ring by \textit{I. Beck} [J. Algebra 116, No. 1, 208--226 (1988; Zbl 0654.13001)], has given lot of scope for research in recent times. In fact this definition has been modified and studied as the zero-divisor graph of a commutative ring by several authors. A graph \((V,E)\) is said to be a split graph if \(V\) is the disjoint union of two sets \(K\) and \(S\) where \(K\) induces a complete subgraph and \(S\) is an independent set. In this paper, the authors continue the study on the Beck graph. More specifically, the authors of this paper characterize reduced rings whose Beck graph is split and obtain some partial characterizations in the case of general rings.