Prime ideal graphs of commutative rings

Abstract

Let R be a finite commutative ring with identity and P be a prime ideal of R. The vertex set is R - {0} and two distinct vertices are adjacent if their product in P. This graph is called the prime ideal graph of R and denoted by Γ P. The relationship among prime ideal, zero-divisor, nilpotent and unit graphs are studied. Also, we show that Γ P is simple connected graph with diameter less than or equal to two and both the clique number and the chromatic number of the graph are equal. Furthermore, it has girth 3 if it contains a cycle. In addition, we compute the number of edges of this graph and investigate some properties of Γ P.