Further Results On SD-prime Labeling

Gee-Choon Lau!1, Wai-Chee Shiu2, Ho-Kuen Ng3, Carmen D. Ng4, P. Jeyanthi5
1Faculty of Computer & Mathematical Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA (Segamat Campus), 85000, Johore, Malaysia.
2Department of Mathematics, Hong Kong Baptist University, 224 Waterloo Road, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, P.R. China.
3Department of Mathematics, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA 95192 U.S.A.
4Graduate Group in Demography University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 19104 U.S.A.
5Research Centre, Department of Mathematics, Govindammal Aditanar College for Women, Tiruchendur – 628 215, India.

Abstract

Let \( G = (V(G), E(G)) \) be a simple, finite, and undirected graph with \( n \) vertices. Given a bijection \( f : V(G) \to \{1, \dots, n\} \), one can associate two integers \( S = f(u) + f(v) \) and \( D = |f(u) – f(v)| \) with every edge \( uv \in E(G) \). The labeling \( f \) induces an edge labeling \( f’ : E(G) \to \{0, 1\} \) such that for any edge \( uv \) in \( E(G) \), \( f'(uv) = 1 \) if \(\gcd(S, D) = 1\), and \( f'(uv) = 0 \) otherwise. Such a labeling is called an SD-prime labeling if \( f'(uv) = 1 \) for all \( uv \in E(G) \). We say that \( G \) is SD-prime if it admits an SD-prime labeling. A graph \( G \) is said to be a \emph{strongly SD-prime graph} if for every vertex \( v \) of \( G \) there exists an SD-prime labeling \( f \) satisfying \( f(v) = 1 \). In this paper, we first give some sufficient conditions for a theta graph to be strongly SD-prime. We then provide constructions of new SD-prime graphs from known SD-prime graphs and investigate the SD-primality of some general graphs.

Keywords: Prime labeling, SD-prime labeling, Strongly SD- prime labeling.