The proof of a conjecture in Jacobson graph of a commutative ring

Abstract

Let R be a commutative ring with nonzero identity. The Jacobson graph of R denoted by 𝔍R is a graph with the vertex set R\J(R), and two distinct vertices x, y ∈ V(𝔍R) are adjacent if and only if 1 - xy ∉ U(R), where U(R) is the set of all unit elements of R. Let ω(𝔍R) denote the clique number of 𝔍R. It was conjectured that if [Formula: see text] is a commutative finite ring and (Ri, 𝔪i) is a local ring, for i = 1, …, n, then [Formula: see text], where Fi = Ri/𝔪i, for i = 1, …, n. In this paper, we prove that if R is a commutative ring (not necessarily finite) and R is not a field, then ω(𝔍R) = max 𝔪∈ Max (R) |𝔪| and using this we show that the aforementioned conjecture holds.