The number of edges of many faces in a line segment arrangement (Q1200271)

Associated with an arrangement of \(n\) line segments in the Euclidean plane is a subdivision of the plane consisting of vertices, edges and faces. It is proved that the maximum number of edges bounding \(m\) faces in an arrangement of \(n\) line segments in the plane is \(O(m^{2/3} n^{2/3}+n\alpha(n)+n \log m)\), with \(\alpha(n)\) the functional inverse of the Ackermann function.