UNIT-DUO RINGS AND RELATED GRAPHS OF ZERO DIVISORS

Let R be a ring with identity, X be the set of all nonzero, nonunits of R and G be the group of all units of R. A ring R is called unit-duo ring if $[x]_{\ell}=[x]_r$ for all $x{\in}X$ where $[x]_{\ell}=\{ux{\mid}u{\in}G\}$ (resp. $[x]_r=\{xu{\mid}u{\in}G\}$) which are equivalence classes on X. It is shown that for a semisimple unit-duo ring R (for example, a strongly regular ring), there exist a finite number of equivalence classes on X if and only if R is artinian. By considering the zero divisor graph (denoted ${\tilde{\Gamma}}(R)$) determined by equivalence classes of zero divisors of a unit-duo ring R, it is shown that for a unit-duo ring R such that ${\tilde{\Gamma}}(R)$ is a finite graph, R is local if and only if diam(${\tilde{\Gamma}}(R)$) = 2.