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String graphs and separators
String graphs, that is, intersection graphs of curves in the plane, have been
studied since the 1960s. We provide an expository presentation of several
results, including very recent ones: some string graphs require an exponential
number of crossings in every string representation; exponential number is
always sufficient; string graphs have small separators; and the current best
bound on the crossing number of a graph in terms of the pair-crossing number.
For the existence of small separators, unwrapping the complete proof include
generally useful results on approximate flow-cut dualities.Comment: Expository paper based on course note
The Crossing Number of Two Cartesian Products
There are several known exact results on the crossing number of Cartesian
products of paths, cycles, and complete graphs. In this paper, we find the crossing numbers of Cartesian products of Pn with two special 6-vertex graphs
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