PLANAR, OUTERPLANAR, AND RING GRAPH OF THE COZERO-DIVISOR GRAPH OF A FINITE COMMUTATIVE RING

Abstract

Let R be a commutative ring with nonzero identity. The cozero-divisor graph of R, denoted by Γ′(R), is a graph with vertex-set W*(R), which is the set of all nonzero and non-unit elements of R, and two distinct vertices a and b in W*(R) are adjacent if and only if a ∉ Rb and b ∉ Ra. In this paper, we characterize all finite commutative rings R such that Γ′(R) is planar, outerplanar or ring graph.