Hereditary Torsion Theories for Graphs

Abstract

Using congruences, a Hoehnke radical can be defined for graphs in the same way as for universal algebras. This leads in a natural way to the connectednesses and disconnectednesses (= radical and semisimple classes) of graphs. It thus makes sense to talk about ideal-hereditary Hoehnke radicals for graphs (= hereditary torsion theories). All such radicals for the category of undirected graphs which allow loops are explicitly determined. Moreover, in contrast to what is the case for the well-known algebraic categories, it is shown here that such radicals for graphs need not be Kurosh–Amitsur radicals.