On the intersection graph of ideals of a commutative ring

Abstract

Let $R$ be a commutative ring and $M$ be an $R$-module, and let $I(R)^*$ be the set of all non-trivial ideals of $R$. The $M$-intersection graph of ideals of $R$, denoted by $G_M(R)$, is a graph with the vertex set $I(R)^*$, and two distinct vertices $I$ and $J$ are adjacent if and only if $IM\cap JM\neq 0$. For every multiplication $R$-module $M$, the diameter and the girth of $G_M(R)$ are determined. Among other results, we prove that if $M$ is a faithful $R$-module and the clique number of $G_M(R)$ is finite, then $R$ is a semilocal ring. We denote the $\mathbb{Z}_n$-intersection graph of ideals of the ring $\mathbb{Z}_m$ by $G_n(\mathbb{Z}_m)$, where $n,m\geq 2$ are integers and $\mathbb{Z}_n$ is a $\mathbb{Z}_m$-module. We determine the values of $n$ and $m$ for which $G_n(\mathbb{Z}_m)$ is perfect. Furthermore, we derive a sufficient condition for $G_n(\mathbb{Z}_m)$ to be weakly perfect.