On the Edge Crossing Properties of Euclidean Minimum Weight Laman Graphs

This paper is concerned with the crossing number of Euclidean minimum-weight Laman graphs in the plane. We first investigate the relation between the Euclidean minimum-weight Laman graph and proximity graphs, and then we show that the Euclidean minimum-weight Laman graph is quasi-planar and 6-planar. Thus the crossing number of the Euclidean minimum-weight Laman graph is linear in the number of points.