1. Introduction
We begin with simple, finite, connected and undirected graph
with
vertices and
edges. For standard terminology and notations we follow Gross and Yellen [1]. We will provide brief summary of definitions and other information which are necessary for the present investigations.
Definition 1.1 If the vertices are assigned values subject to certain condition(s) then it is known as graph labeling.
Any graph labeling will have the following three common characteristics:
1) A set of numbers from which vertex labels are chosen;
2) A rule that assigns a value to each edge;
3) A condition that this value has to satisfy.
According to Beineke and Hegde [2] graph labeling serves as a frontier between number theory and structure of graphs. For a dynamic survey of various graph labeling problems along with extensive bibliography we refer to Gallian [3].
Definition 1.2 A mapping
is called binary vertex labeling of
and
is called the label of the vertex
of
under
.
Notation 1.3 If for an edge
, the induced edge labeling
is given by
. Then

Definition 1.4 A binary vertex labeling
of a graph
is called a cordial labeling if
and
. A graph
is cordial if it admits cordial labeling.
The concept of cordial labeling was introduced by Cahit [4]. Some labeling schemes are also introduced with minor variations in cordial theme. Some of them are product cordial labeling, total product cordial labeling and prime cordial labeling. The present work is focused on prime cordial labeling.
Definition 1.5 A prime cordial labeling of a graph
with vertex set
is a bijection
and the induced function
is defined by

satisfies the condition
A graph which admits prime cordial labeling is called a prime cordial graph.
The concept of prime cordial labeling was introduced by Sundaram [5] et al. and in the same paper they have investigated several results on prime cordial labeling. Vaidya and Vihol [6] have also discussed prime cordial labeling in the context of graph operations while in [7] the same authors have discussed prime cordial labeling for some cycle related graphs. Vaidya and Shah [8] have investigated many results on this concept. In the present paper we obtain some new prime cordial graphs.
Definition 1.6 Bistar is the graph obtained by joining the apex vertices of two copies of star
.
Definition 1.7 For a graph G the split graph is obtained by adding to each vertex v a new vertex
such that
is adjacent to every vertex that is adjacent to v in G. The resultant graph is denoted as
.
Definition 1.8 For a simple connected graph G the square of graph G is denoted by
and defined as the graph with the same vertex set as of G and two vertices are adjacent in
if they are at a distance 1 or 2 apart in G.
Definition 1.9 The middle graph M(G) of a graph G is the graph whose vertex set is
and in which two vertices are adjacent if and only if either they are adjacent edges of G or one is a vertex of G and the other is an edge incident with it.
2. Main Results
Theorem 2.1
is a prime cordial graph.
Proof: Let
be the pendant vertices,
be the apex vertex of
and
are the vertices corresponding to
in
. Denoting
then
and
.
To define
, we consider following two cases.
Case 1: n = 2, 3 The graphs
and
are to be dealt separately and their prime cordial labeling is shown in Figure 1.
Case 2: 

In view of the labeling pattern defined above we have
(for n even) and
(for n odd). Thus we have
.
Hence
is a prime cordial graph.
Illustration 2.2 Prime cordial labeling for
is shown in Figure 2.

Figure 1.
,
and their prime cordial labelling.

Figure 2.
and its prime cordial labelling.
Theorem 2.3
is a prime cordial graph.
Proof: Consider
with vertex set
where
are pendant vertices. In order to obtain
add
vertices corresponding to
where
. If
then
and
. We define vertex labeling
as follows.

In view of pattern defined above we have
.
That is,
.
Hence
is a prime cordial graph.
Illustration 2.4 Prime cordial labeling of the graph
is shown in Figure 3.
Theorem 2.5
is a prime cordial graph.
Proof: Consider
with vertex set
where
are pendant vertices. Let G be the graph
then
and
.
To define
, we consider following two cases.
Case 1: 
The graphs
and
are to be dealt separately and their prime cordial labeling is shown in Figure 4.
Case 2: 
Choose a prime number p such that
,

, where
is distinct even numbers between 4 and 2n + 2 except 2p with
.
,
for
.
In view of the above defined labeling pattern we have
.
Thus in both the cases we have
.
Hence
is a prime cordial graph.
Illustration 2.6 Prime cordial labeling of the graph
is shown in Figure 5.

Figure 3.
and its prime cordial labelling.

Figure 4.
,
and their prime cordial labelling.
Theorem 2.7
is not a prime cordial graph for
= 2, 3.
Proof: Let
and
are respectively be the vertices and edges of
. Add vertices
corresponding to the edges
in order to obtain middle graph of
. Let
be the graph
. Then
and
.
For the graph
the possible assignment of labels to adjacent vertices are (1,2), (1,3), (2,3). Such assignment will generate no edge with label 0 and two edges with label 1. That is,
. Therefore
is not a prime cordial graph.
For the graph
the possible assignment of labels to adjacent vertices are (1,2),(1,3), (1,4), (1,5), (2,3), (2,4), (2,5), (3,4), (3,5). Such assignment will generate maximum one edge with label 0 and minimum four edges with label 1. That is,
. Therefore
is not a prime cordial graph.
Hence
is not a prime cordial graph for 
Theorem 2.8
is a prime cordial graph for 
Proof: Let
and
are respectively be the vertices and edges of
. Add vertices
corresponding to the edges
in order to obtain middle graph of
. Let
be the graph
. Then
and
. To define
, we consider following two cases.
Case 1:
is even, 

In view of the above defined labeling pattern we have
.
Case 2:
is odd, 

Figure 5.
and its prime cordial labelling.
,
,






In view of the above defined labeling pattern we have

Thus in both the cases we have
.
Hence
is a prime cordial graph for 
Illustration 2.9 Prime cordial labeling of the graph
is shown in Figure 6.
Theorem 2.10
is not a prime cordial graph for n = 3 to n = 7.
Proof: Let
be the apex vertex of wheel
and
be the rim vertices. Then
and 
For the graph
the possible pairs of labels of adja-

Figure 6.
and its prime cordial labelling.
cent vertices will be (1,2), (1,3), (1,4), (2,3), (2,4), (3,4). Such assignment will generate maximum one edge with label 0 and minimum five edges with label 1. That is,
. Hence
is not a prime cordial graph.
For the graph
the possible assignment of labels to adjacent vertices will be (1,2), (1,3), (1,4), (1,5), (2,3), (2,4), (2,5), (3,4), (3,5), (4,5). Such assignment will generate maximum one edge with label 0 and minimum seven edges with label 1. That is,
. Hence
is not a prime cordial graph.
For the graph
the possible assignment of labels to adjacent vertices will be (1,2), (1,3), (1,4), (1,5), (1,6), (2,3), (2,4), (2,5), (2,6), (3,4), (3,5), (3,6), (4,5), (4,6), (5,6). Such assignment will generate maximum four edges with label 0 and minimum six edges with label 1. That is,
. Hence
is not a prime cordial graph.
For the graph
the possible assignment of labels to adjacent vertices will be (1,2), (1,3), (1,4), (1,5), (1,6), (1,7), (2,3), (2,4), (2,5), (2,6), (2,7), (3,4), (3,5), (3,6), (3,7), (4,5), (4,6), (4,7), (5,6), (5,7), (6,7). Such assignment will generate maximum four edges with label 0 and minimum eight edges with label 1. That is,
. Hence
is not a prime cordial graph.
Now in
to satisfy the edge condition for prime cordial labeling it is essential to label seven edges with label 0 and seven edges with label 1 out of fourteen edges. But all the possible assignments of vertex labels will give rise to 0 labels for at most six edges and 1 labels for at least eight edges. That is,
. Hence
is not a prime cordial graph.
Hence Wn is not a prime cordial graph for n = 3 to n = 7.
Theorem 2.11
is a prime cordial graph for
.
Proof: Let
be the apex vertex of wheel
and
be the rim vertices. To define
, we consider the following three cases.
Case 1: n = 8,9,10 The graphs
,
and
are to be dealt separately and their prime cordial labeling is shown Figure 7.
Case 2:
is even, 












In view of the above defined labeling pattern we have 
Case 3:
is odd, 
In view of the above defined labeling pattern we have 
Thus in all the cases we have
.
Hence
is a prime cordial graph for
.
Illustration 2.12 Prime cordial labeling of the graph
is shown in Figure 8.
3. Concluding Remarks
As not every graph admit prime cordial labeling it is very interesting to investigate graph or graph families which admit prime cordial labeling. In this paper we have investigated some new prime cordial graphs. To investigate similar results for other graph families as well as in the context of different labeling problems is an open area of research.

Figure 8.
and its prime cordial labelling.