Graph theory is surprisingly integral to a lot of patterns that we play with--essentially any time you're dealing with a number of points you're trying to hit in a given sequence and repeat them, you're using graph theory to solve the problem. Here's a little bit of history as to how graph theory came to be and some helpful hints that may help you solve those pesky poi patterns. :)

For further reading, I highly recommend checking these out:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Bridges_of_K%C3%B6nigsberg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graph_theory
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamiltonian_path

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