A note on coloring line arrangements (Q405217)

Summary: We show that the lines of every arrangement of \(n\) lines in the plane can be colored~with \(O(\sqrt{n/ \log n})\) colors such that no face of the arrangement is monochromatic. This improves a bound of \textit{P. Bose} et al. [Discrete Math. Theor. Comput. Sci. 15, No. 3, 139--154 (2013; Zbl 1281.68119)] by a \(\Theta(\sqrt{\log n})\) factor. Any further improvement on this bound would also improve the best known lower bound on the following problem of Erdős: estimate the maximum number of points in general position within a set of \(n\) points containing no four collinear points.