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A Note on the Number of Regions in a Line Arrangement

Combinatorics 2022-05-20 v1

Abstract

For an arrangement of nn lines in the real projective plane, we denote by ff the number of regions into which the real projective plane is divided by the lines. Using Bojanowski's inequality, we establish a new lower bound for ff. In particular, we show that if no more than 23n\frac{2}{3}n lines intersect at any point, then f16n2f \ge \frac{1}{6}n^{2}

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@article{arxiv.2205.09304,
  title  = {A Note on the Number of Regions in a Line Arrangement},
  author = {Dickson Y. B. Annor and Michael S. Payne},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2205.09304},
  year   = {2022}
}