The Bernardi formula for nontransitive deformations of the braid arrangement (Q2236803)

Summary: \textit{O. Bernardi} [Adv. Math. 335, 466--518 (2018; Zbl 1394.05056)] has given a general formula for the number of regions of a deformation of the braid arrangement as a signed sum over boxed trees. We prove that each set of boxed trees which share an underlying (rooted labeled plane) tree contributes 0 or \(\pm 1\) to this sum, and we give an algorithm for computing this value. For Ish-type arrangements, we further construct a sign-reversing involution which reduces Bernardi's signed sum to the enumeration of a set of (rooted labeled plane) trees. We conclude by explicitly enumerating the trees corresponding to the regions of Ish-type arrangements which are nested, recovering their known counting formula.