Annihilating-ideal graphs of commutative rings

Abstract

Let [Formula: see text] be a commutative ring with unity [Formula: see text]. The annihilating-ideal graph of [Formula: see text], denoted by [Formula: see text], is defined to be the graph with vertex set [Formula: see text] — the set of non-zero annihilating ideals of [Formula: see text] and two distinct vertices [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] adjacent if and only if [Formula: see text]. Some connections between annihilating-ideal graphs and zero divisor graphs are given. We characterize the prime ideals (or equivalently maximal ideals) of [Formula: see text] in terms of their degrees as vertices of [Formula: see text]. We also obtain the metric dimension of annihilating-ideal graphs of commutative rings.