Abstract
We prove McCoy’s property for the zero-divisors of polynomials in semirings, investigate the zero-divisors of semimodules and prove that under suitable conditions, the monoid semimodule
Dedicated to my mother
Funding statement: This work is supported by Golpayegan University of Technology. Our special thanks go to the Department of Engineering Science in Golpayegan University of Technology for providing all the necessary facilities available to us for successfully conducting this research.
Acknowledgements
We like to thank Prof. Dara Moazzami, the ex-President of Golpayegan University of Technology, for his help, motivation, and encouragement. We are also grateful to the anonymous referee.
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