Definition:Thomsen Graph/Historical Note

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Historical Note on Thomsen Graph

When Julius Thomsen was trying to determine the structure of benzene, he considered the complete bipartite graph $K_{3, 3}$ as one of the possible options.

He was incorrect in this assumption, and he never did manage to work out benzene's structure, but his name became associated with the graph structure.