Title of article :
x-divisor pseudographs of a commutative groupoid
Author/Authors :
LaGrange, John D. Division of Natural Science and Mathematics - Lindsey Wilson College Columbia, USA
Abstract :
The notion of a zero-divisor graph is considered for commutative
groupoids with zero. Moufang groupoids and certain medial groupoids with
zero are shown to have connected zero-divisor graphs of diameters at most
four and three, respectively. As x ranges over the elements of a commutative
groupoid A (not necessarily with zero), a system of pseudographs is obtained
such that the vertices of a pseudograph are the elements of A and vertices
a and b are adjacent if and only if ab = x. These systems are completely
characterized as being partitions of complete pseudographs Kn whose parts are
indexed by the vertices of Kn. Furthermore, morphisms are defined in the class
of all such systems of pseudographs making it (categorically) isomorphic to the
category of commutative groupoids, thereby combinatorializing the theory of
commutative groupoids. Also, concepts of “congruence” and “direct product”
that are compatible with those in the category of commutative groupoids are
established for these systems of pseudographs.
Keywords :
Groupoid , zero-divisor graph
Journal title :
International Electronic Journal of Algebra