On the idempotent graph of a ring

Abstract: Let

R

be a ring with unity. The emph{idempotent graph}

G_{e x t I d} (R)

of a ring

R

is an undirected simple graph whose vertices are the set of all the elements of ring

R

and two vertices

x

and

y

are adjacent if and only if

x + y

is an idempotent element of

R

. In this paper, we obtain a necessary and sufficient condition on the ring

R

such that

G_{e x t I d} (R)

is planar. We prove that

G_{e x t I d} (R)

cannot be an outerplanar graph. Moreover, we classify all the finite non-local commutative rings

R

such that

G_{e x t I d} (R)

is a cograph, split graph and threshold graph, respectively. We conclude that latter two graph classes of

G_{e x t I d} (R)

are equivalent if and only if

R c o n g m a t h b b Z_{2} i m e s m a t h b b Z_{2} i m e s c d o t s i m e s m a t h b b Z_{2}

.

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