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Graph theoretical questions with a topological flavour. For example, graphs on surfaces, spatial embeddings, and geometric graphs. Use the graph-drawing tag for questions specific to graph drawing (e.g. crossing numbers).

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Do there exist sparse graphs with large crossing number?

The complete bipartite graph $K_{3,n}$ has 3n edges and crossing number $cn^2$.
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Why are planar graphs so exceptional?

Planar graphs answer many important questions in graph structure theory. Example 1. H-minor-free graphs have bounded treewidth if and only if H is planar. Example 2. The set of graphs contractible …
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Embedding planar graphs into the grid

There is a huge literature on this topic. Search for "orthogonal graph drawing". The best possible area bound is $O(n^2)$.
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Let $G$ be a graph of genus $g$. Is the number of (non necessarily disjoint) 5-clique subgra...

Say $\gamma(G)$ is the genus of a graph $G$. If $G$ has components $G_1,\dots,G_c$ then $\gamma(G)=\sum_{i=1}^c \gamma(G_i)$. This property is called the additivity of genus (and much stronger results …
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