A New Class of Partial Orders

Let R be a unital*-ring.For any a,w,b∈R,we apply the w-core inverse to define a new class of partial orders in R,called the w-core partial order.Suppose that a,b∈R are w-core invertible.We say that a is below b under the w-core partial order if a_(w)^(#)a=a_(w)^(#)b and a_(w)a_(w)^(#)=bwa_(w)^(#),where a_(w)^(#)denotes the w-core inverse of a.Characterizations of the w-core partial order are given,and its relationships with several types of partial orders are also considered.In particular,we show that the core partial order coincides with the a-core partial order,and the star partial order coincides with the a*-core partial order.