Sharma, P. K. ; Bhatwadekar, S. M. (1995) A note on graphical representation of rings Journal of Algebra, 176 (1). pp. 124-127. ISSN 0021-8693
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org//10.1006/jabr.1995.1236
Related URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/jabr.1995.1236
Abstract
Let R be a commutative ring with identity. Let G be a graph with vertices as elements of R, where two distinct vertices x and y are adjacent if and only if Rx + Ry = R. In this paper we show that a commutative ring R is a finite ring if and only if the graph G (associated with R as above) is finitely colourable. Moreover we show that in this case the chromatic number of the graph G is the sum of the number of maximal ideals and the number of units of R.
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