The M-Regular Graph of a Commutative Ring

Abstract: Let

R

be a commutative ring and

M

be an

R

-module, and let

Z (M)

be the set of all zero-divisors on

M

. In 2008, D.F. Anderson and A. Badawi introduced the regular graph of

R

. In this paper, we generalize the regular graph of

R

to the extit{

M

-regular graph} of

R

, denoted by

M

-

R e g (G a m m a (R))

. It is the undirected graph with all

M

-regular elements of

R

as vertices, and two distinct vertices

x

and

y

are adjacent if and only if

x + y i n Z (M)

. The basic properties and possible structures of the

M

-

R e g (G a m m a (R))

are studied. We determine the girth of the

M

-regular graph of

R

. Also, we provide some lower bounds for the independence number and the clique number of the

M

-

R e g (G a m m a (R))

. Among other results, we prove that for every Noetherian ring

R

and every finitely generated module

M

over

R

, if

2 o t i n Z (M)

and the independence number of the

M

-

R e g (G a m m a (R))

is finite, then

R

is finite.

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