Clean graph of a ring

Abstract

Let [Formula: see text] be a ring (not necessarily commutative) with identity. The clean graph [Formula: see text] of a ring [Formula: see text] is a graph with vertices in form [Formula: see text], where [Formula: see text] is an idempotent and [Formula: see text] is a unit of [Formula: see text]; and two distinct vertices [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] are adjacent if and only if [Formula: see text] or [Formula: see text]. In this paper, we focus on [Formula: see text], the subgraph of [Formula: see text] induced by the set [Formula: see text] is a nonzero idempotent element of [Formula: see text]. It is observed that [Formula: see text] has a crucial role in [Formula: see text]. The clique number, the chromatic number, the independence number and the domination number of the clean graph for some classes of rings are determined. Moreover, the connectedness and the diameter of [Formula: see text] are studied.