Compressed zero-divisor graphs of matrix rings over finite fields

Abstract: We extend the notion of the compressed zero-divisor graph

v a r T h e t a (R)

to noncommutative rings in a way that still induces a product preserving functor

v a r T h e t a

from the category of finite unital rings to the category of directed graphs. For a finite field

F

, we investigate the properties of

v a r T h e t a (M_{n} (F))

, the graph of the matrix ring over

F

, and give a purely graph-theoretic characterization of this graph when

n e q 3

. For

n e q 2

we prove that every graph automorphism of

v a r T h e t a (M_{n} (F))

is induced by a ring automorphism of

M_{n} (F)

. We also show that for finite unital rings

R

and

S

, where

S

is semisimple and has no homomorphic image isomorphic to a field, if

v a r T h e t a (R) c o n g v a r T h e t a (S)

, then

R c o n g S

. In particular, this holds if

S = M_{n} (F)

with

n e q 1

.

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