Comaximal graph of commutative rings

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Abstract: Let R be a commutative ring with identity. Let Gamma(R) be a graph with vertices as elements of R, where two distinct vertices a and b are adjacent if and only if Ra+Rb=R. In this paper we consider a subgraph Gamma2(R) of Gamma(R) which consists of non-unit elements. We look at the connectedness and the diameter of this graph. We completely characterize the diameter of the graph Gamma2(R)setminusJ(R). In addition, it is shown that for two finite semi-local rings R and S, if R is reduced, then Gamma(R)congGamma(S) if and only if RcongS.


Throughout \(R\) is a commutative ring with identity. \textit{P. K. Sharma} and \textit{S. M. Bhatwadekar} [J. Algebra 176, 124--127 (1995; Zbl 0838.05051)] considered the graph \(\Gamma(R)\) with vertices elements of \(R\), where two distinct vertices \(a\) and \(b\) are adjacent if and only if \(Ra+Rb=R\). In the present paper, the authors analyze further the graph structure of \(\Gamma(R)\), and more precisely, of its subgraph \(\Gamma_2(R)\) generated by non-unit elements of \(R\). They study its connectedness and its diameter, and completely characterize the diameter of the graph \(\Gamma_2(R)\setminus J(R)\). Also, they show that if \(R\) and \(S\) are two finite semi-local rings and \(R\) is reduced, then \(\Gamma(R)\cong \Gamma(S)\) if and only if \(R\cong S\).




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