In this paper, we deal with zero-divisor graphs of posets. We prove that the diameter of such a graph is either 1, 2 or 3 while its girth is either 3, 4 or ∞. We also characterize zero-divisor graphs of posets in terms of their diameter and girth. © 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

The idea of associating a graph with the zero-divisors of a commutative ring was originated by Beck. The problems concerning zero-divisor graphs have been studied extensively in the past 10 years. DeMeyer and DeMeyer presented some properties for the correspondence between zero-divisor graphs and their semigroups. It is very important to have adequate examples before the complete resolution of ...

This paper establishes a set of theorems that describe the diameter of a zero-divisor graph for a finite direct product R1 × R2 × · · · × Rn with respect to the diameters of the zero-divisor graphs of R1, R2, · · · , Rn−1 and Rn(n > 2).

Let $R$ be a commutative ring with identity and $mathbb{A}(R)$ be the set   of ideals of $R$ with non-zero annihilators. In this paper, we first introduce and investigate the principal ideal subgraph of the annihilating-ideal graph of $R$, denoted by $mathbb{AG}_P(R)$. It is a (undirected) graph with vertices $mathbb{A}_P(R)=mathbb{A}(R)cap mathbb{P}(R)setminus {(0)}$, where   $mathbb{P}(R)$ is...

Let R be a commutative ring (with 1) and let Z(R) be its set of zero-divisors. The zero-divisor graph Γ(R) has vertex set Z∗(R) = Z(R) \ {0} and for distinct x, y ∈ Z∗(R), the vertices x and y are adjacent if and only if xy = 0. In this paper, we consider the domination number and signed domination number on zero-divisor graph Γ(R) of commutative ring R such that for every 0 6= x ∈ Z∗(R), x 6= ...

In previous literature Coykendall & Maney, as well as Axtell & Stickles, have discussed the concept of irreducible divisor graphs of elements in domains and ring with zero-divisors respectively, with two different definitions. In this paper we seek to look at the irreducible divisor graphs of ring elements under a hybrid definition of the two previous ones—in hopes that this graph will reveal s...