let $g=(v,e)$ be a simple graph. a set $ssubseteq v$ isindependent set of $g$,  if no two vertices of $s$ are adjacent.the  independence number $alpha(g)$ is the size of a maximumindependent set in the graph. in this paper we study and characterize the independent sets ofthe zero-divisor graph $gamma(r)$ and ideal-based zero-divisor graph $gamma_i(r)$of a commutative ring $r$.

In this paper we study zero-divisor graphs of semirings. We show that all zero-divisor graphs of (possibly noncommutative) semirings are connected and have diameter less than or equal to 3. We characterize all acyclic zero-divisor graphs of semirings and prove that in the case zero-divisor graphs are cyclic, their girths are less than or equal to 4. We also give a description of the zero-diviso...

Let $R$ be an associative ring with identity. A ring $R$ is called reversible if $ab=0$, then $ba=0$ for $a,bin R$. The quasi-zero-divisor graph of $R$, denoted by $Gamma^*(R)$ is an undirected graph with all nonzero zero-divisors of $R$ as vertex set and two distinct vertices $x$ and $y$ are adjacent if and only if there exists $0neq rin R setminus (mathrm{ann}(x) cup mathrm{ann}(y))$ such tha...

let $m$ be an $r$-module and $0 neq fin m^*={rm hom}(m,r)$. we associate an undirected graph $gf$ to $m$ in which non-zero elements $x$ and $y$ of $m$ are adjacent provided that $xf(y)=0$ or $yf(x)=0$. weobserve that over a commutative ring $r$, $gf$ is connected anddiam$(gf)leq 3$. moreover, if $gamma (m)$ contains a cycle,then $mbox{gr}(gf)leq 4$. furthermore if $|gf|geq 1$, then$gf$ is finit...

Let R be a commutative ring with identity and M an R-module. In this paper, we associate a graph to M, sayΓ(RM), such that when M=R, Γ(RM) coincide with the zero-divisor graph of R. Many well-known results by D.F. Anderson and P.S. Livingston have been generalized for Γ(RM). We Will show that Γ(RM) is connected withdiam Γ(RM)≤ 3 and if Γ(RM) contains a cycle, then Γ(RM)≤4. We will also show tha...

let $i$ be a proper ideal of a commutative semiring $r$ and let $p(i)$ be the set of all elements of $r$ that are not prime to $i$. in this paper, we investigate the total graph of $r$ with respect to $i$, denoted by $t(gamma_{i} (r))$. it is the (undirected) graph with elements of $r$ as vertices, and for distinct $x, y in r$, the vertices $x$ and $y$ are adjacent if and only if $x + y in p(i)...

In this paper, we introduce a family of graphs which is a generalization of zero-divisor graphs and compute an upper-bound for the diameter of such graphs. We also investigate their cycles and cores

The zero-divisor graph of a commutative semigroup with zero is the graph whose vertices are the nonzero zero-divisors of the semigroup, with two distinct vertices adjacent if the product of the corresponding elements is zero. New criteria to identify zerodivisor graphs are derived using both graph-theoretic and algebraic methods. We find the lowest bound on the number of edges necessary to guar...