For a commutative semigroup S with 0, the zero-divisor graph of S denoted by Γ(S) is the graph whose vertices are nonzero zero-divisor of S, and two vertices x, y are adjacent in case xy = 0 in S. In this paper we study median and center of this graph. Also we show that if Ass(S) has more than two elements, then the girth of Γ(S) is three.

We recall several results of zero divisor graphs of commutative rings. We then examine the preservation of the diameter of the zero divisor graph of polynomial and power series rings.

A set of vertices $S$ in a connected graph $G$ is a different-distance set if, for any vertex $w$ outside $S$, no two vertices in $S$ have the same distance to $w$.The lower and upper different-distance number of a graph are the order of a smallest, respectively largest, maximal different-distance set.We prove that a different-distance set induces either a special type of path or an independent...

In this paper we initialize the study of independent domination in directed graphs. We show that an independent dominating set of an orientation of a graph is also an independent dominating set of the underlying graph, but that the converse is not true in general. We then prove existence and uniqueness theorems for several classes of digraphs including orientations of complete graphs, paths, tr...

In this paper we study zero-divisor graphs of semirings. We show that all zero-divisor graphs of (possibly noncommutative) semirings are connected and have diameter less than or equal to 3. We characterize all acyclic zero-divisor graphs of semirings and prove that in the case zero-divisor graphs are cyclic, their girths are less than or equal to 4. We also give a description of the zero-diviso...

A strongly connected digraph D of order n is primitive (aperiodic) provided the greatest common divisor of its directed cycle lengths equals 1. For such a digraph there is a minimum integer t, called the exponent of D, such that given any ordered pair of vertices x and y there is a directed walk from x to y of length t. The exponent of D is the largest of n ‘generalized exponents’ that may be a...

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...

We treat zeta functions and complexities of semiregular bipartite graphs. Furthermore, we give formulas for zeta function and the complexity of a line graph of a semiregular bipartite graph. As a corollary, we present the complexity of a line graph of a complete bipartite graph. © 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

The distinguishing number $D(G)$ of a graph $G$ is the least integer $d$ such that $G$ has a vertex labeling   with $d$ labels  that is preserved only by a trivial automorphism. The distinguishing chromatic number $chi_{D}(G)$ of $G$ is defined similarly, where, in addition, $f$ is assumed to be a proper labeling. We prove that if $G$ is a bipartite graph of girth at least six with the maximum ...