Any graph is "drawable" on a 2D surface?

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Are there any theorems that say something formal about the fact that any graph is drawable on a 2D surface, and can be mapped to a 2D array of pixels if the pixels are infinitely small?
 
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This looks trivial, and easy to prove yourself if you really want to. Assuming edges can cross each other, of course.
 
When you say that, it implies that there is some way to distinguish between edges that cross at a point which is not a vertex and edges that meet at a vertex. In general, there will be lines crossing with no vertex there.
 
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paizhaulski said:
Are there any theorems that say something formal about the fact that any graph is drawable on a 2D surface, and can be mapped to a 2D array of pixels if the pixels are infinitely small?

Look at material about "planar graphs". Not all graphs are planar graphs.