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Most results on the crossing number of a graph focus on the special graphs, such as Cartesian products of small graphs with paths P n , cycles C n or stars S n . In this paper, we extend the results to Cartesian products of complete bipartite graphs K2,m with paths P n for arbitrary m ≥ 2 and n ≥ 1.
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Ling, T., Shengxiang, L. & Yuanqiu, H. The Crossing Number of Cartesian Products of Complete Bipartite Graphs K2,m with Paths P n . Graphs and Combinatorics 23, 659–666 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00373-007-0761-9
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