It is somewhat surprising (to me) that what to me seems the *simplest nontrivial example of theorems exactly fitting the question in the OP has not yet been mentioned in this thread*: the embeddings of the [Möbius ladders][1], which are finite simple undirected graphs, into $\mathbb{R}^3$. This is an answer to > whether there is a "knot theory" for graphs, i.e. the study of (topological properties of) embeddings of graphs into R^3 or S^3. If yes, can anyone show me any reference? at least in the sense that in the very interesting article [Erica Flapan: The Symmetries of the Möbius Ladder. Math. Ann. 283, 271-283 (1989)][2], which I think, could be given a fruitful revival from a point of view of *constructive mathematics* (e.g., how much of Flapan's proofs/theorems can be done constructively?), the following was done, inter alia (there is more in Flapan's paper): * in Section 1 of loc. cit. a proof is given that there exists a graph $G$ and an automorphism $\alpha$ of $G$ as an abstract graph, such that there *does not exist* any embedding of (the geometric realization $\lvert G\rvert$ of ) $G$ into $\mathbb{R}^3$ such that $\alpha$ could be realized by an element of the group of leaving-$\lvert G\rvert$-invariant-as-a-point-set diffeomorphisms of $\mathbb{R}^3$. Note that in this rendition I rendered the author's "group of homeomorphisms of $G$ up to isotopy" into what to me evidently seems equivalent and clearer "automorphism of $G$ as an abstract graph". The example graph used by the author is $G:=$complete graph with six vertices. * in Section 2 of loc. cit., first a proof in classical logic is given that for any embedding $\eta\colon M_r\to S^3$ of the $r$-rung Möbius ladder $M_r$ into the $3$-sphere $\mathbb{S}^3$, any orientation-reversing diffeomorphism $\varphi\colon S^3\to S^3$ has the property that *if* it fixes $\mathrm{im}(\eta)$ as a pointset, then $\varphi$ does *not* fix at least $r-2$ of the $r$ rungs of $M_r$. This is, *partly*, an interesting counterfactural (since the author later gives a proof that for an **odd** number of rungs, such $\varphi$ are impossible): roughly, *if* there is a symmetry of the Euclidean-space-embedded Möbius ladder, *then* it must needs jumble almost all the ladder's rungs. This implication is then put to use to give a proof that for an **odd** number of $r$ungs, such a $\varphi$ is impossible. Roughly: you cannot reverse the orientation of an embedded odd-rung-number Möbius ladder *graph* by a Euclidean symmetry. The author then gives an example that for **even** number of rungs, such isometries *do* exist. I perceived this to be a result which is very relevant to the OP; it in particular is an interaction between a combinatorial property of the abstract graph (*number of rungs*) and a [concept studied in knot theory][3]: slightly vaguely, one could say: **Flapan gave a proof that even-rung Möbius ladders are amphichiral, while odd-rung Möbius ladders are non-amphichiral.** The smallest example of the latter is the embedding represented by the illustration [![enter image description here][4]][4] on p. 272 of loc. cit. about which Flapan says that it is *non-amphichiral*, i.e. there does not exist any orientation-reversing self-diffeomorphism of $\mathbb{R}^3$ which whould fix it as a point set. The author on p. 272 of loc. cit. writes > The property of topological achirality for graphs is analogous to the property of amphicheirality for knots. * in Section 3 of loc. cit., the focus shifts from *(non-)existence* of orientation-*reversing* Euclidean symmetries of embedded Möbius ladders, to *properties* of orientation-*preserving* such symmetries. The emphasis is on a difference between embeddings into $\mathbb{R}^3$ and embeddings into $S^3$. This difference is illustrated by the author using the following illustration on p. 278 of loc. cit. [![enter image description here][5]][5] which is a an example of what the OP is asking for: this meant to represent a non-knot embedded into $S^3$, namely the abstract undirected simple graph $M_3$, the three-rung Möbius ladder. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%B6bius_ladder [2]: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF01446435 [3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiral_knot [4]: https://i.sstatic.net/LYgtc.png [5]: https://i.sstatic.net/D9LOa.png