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The complete bipartite graph is not a planar graph. For example, a simple connected triangle-free planar graph with six vertices has at most edges, by Euler formula for a connected planar graph and the fact that every face has boundary length at least four; has nine edges. At least one edge must therefore be deleted.
Delete from the bipartition . The left drawing below is a planar embedding of all eight remaining edges. It proves that the minimum is one edge.
Figure 1.
Left: a planar embedding of K3,3 with edge a3b3 removed. Right: K2,3, whose two bounded faces and exterior give three faces in total.
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