Abstractions blog A New Algorithm for Graph Crossings, Hiding in Plain Sight Two computer scientists found — in the unlikeliest of places — just the idea they needed to make a big leap in graph theory ...

The field of graph theory has been around since 1736, when Leonhard Euler published an article on the subject of the Seven Bridges of Königsberg (in Prussia, today’s Kaliningrad in Russia).

Graph theory isn’t enough. The mathematical language for talking about connections, which usually depends on networks — vertices (dots) and edges (lines connecting them) — has been an invaluable way ...