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Is there a "simplest" way to embed a graph in 3-space?
I consider embeddings of graphs into 3-space with edges embedded as arbitrary curves. In the simplest (non-trivial) case the graph $G$ is a cycle or union of cycles, in which case the embeddings can ...
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Is this drawing of $K_{4,4}$ knotted?
Let $A$ and $B$ be skew lines in $\mathbb{R}^3$. Choose four points $a_1, a_2, a_3, a_4$ on $A$ and four points $b_1, b_2, b_3, b_4$. For all $i,j \in [4]$ draw a line segment from $a_i$ to $b_j$. ...