Reverse order law and forward order law for the (b, c)-inverse

Abstract

The reverse order law and the forward order law have been studied for various types of generalized inverses. The $(b,c)$-inverse is a generalization of some well known generalized inverses, such as the Moore-Penrose inverse, the Drazin inverse, the core inverse, etc. In this paper, the reverse order law for the $(b,c)$-inverse, in a unital ring, is investigated and an equivalent condition for this law to hold for the $(b,c)$-inverse is derived. Also, some known results on this topic are generalized. Furthermore, the forward order law for the $(b,c)$-inverse in a ring with a unity is introduced, for different choices of $b$ and $c$. Moreover, as corollaries of obtained results, equivalent conditions for the reverse order law and the forward order law for the inverse along an element are derived.