Date of Award
5-2024
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Industrial Engineering
Committee Chair/Advisor
Professor James Coykendall
Committee Member
Dr. Matt Macauley
Committee Member
Dr. Hui Xue
Abstract
In this project, we examine some natural ideal conditions and show how graphs can be defined that give a visualization of these conditions. We examine the interplay between the multiplicative ideal theory and the graph-theoretic structure of the associated graph. In this research, we associate a graph in a natural way with the divisors of a commutative ring. ii
Recommended Citation
Soleimani, Masoumeh, "Divisor Graph and Factorization Type" (2024). All Theses. 4287.
https://open.clemson.edu/all_theses/4287
Comments
we endeavor at first to generalize these notions to a more general setting, and then, inspired by this work, we will look at “factorization types” for elements in monoids and domains. This project is outlined as follows. First, some definitions, theorems, and examples are listed. Proofs that provide useful insight for our purposes will be included, but for other results, we will merely include a citation to a work containing the proof. In addition, well-known or minor results, which will be used later, will be presented. All rings are assumed to be commutative with identity unless otherwise stated. Chapter 1 contains foundational results about the ring theory and graph theory. Chapter 2 contains some results about divisor graphs. Chapter 3 is about factorization as well as key examples and proofs.