On edge irregularity strength of cycle-star graphs

For a simple graph G, a vertex labeling ϕ : V (G) → {1, 2, . . . , k} is called k-labeling. The weight of an edge uv in G, written wϕ(uv), is the sum of the labels of end vertices u and v, i.e., wϕ(uv) = ϕ(u) + ϕ(v). A vertex k-labeling is defined to be an edge irregular k-labeling of the graph G if for every two distinct edges u and v, wϕ(u) ̸= wϕ(v). The minimum k for which the graph G has an edge irregular k-labeling is called the edge irregularity strength of G, written es(G). In this paper, we study the edge irregular k-labeling for cycle-star graph CSk,n−k and determine the exact value for cycle-star graph for 3 ≤ k ≤ 7 and n − k ≥ 1. Finally, we make a conjecture for the edge irregularity strength of CSk,n−k for k ≥ 8 and n − k ≥ 1.