More on the annihilator-ideal graph of a commutative ring

Abstract

Let [Formula: see text] be a commutative ring with identity and [Formula: see text] be the set of ideals of [Formula: see text] with nonzero annihilator. The annihilator-ideal graph of [Formula: see text], denoted by [Formula: see text], is a simple graph with the vertex set [Formula: see text], and two distinct vertices [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] are adjacent if and only if [Formula: see text]. In this paper, we study the affinity between the annihilator-ideal graph and the annihilating-ideal graph [Formula: see text] (a well known graph with the same vertices and two distinct vertices [Formula: see text] are adjacent if and only if [Formula: see text]) associated with [Formula: see text]. All rings whose [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] are characterized. Among other results, we obtain necessary and sufficient conditions under which [Formula: see text] is a star graph.