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Hard and nice combinatorial geometry

Source: 239MO-2021

April 29, 2021
geometrycombinatorial geometry

Problem Statement

Given nn lines on the plane, they divide the plane onto several bounded or bounded polygonal regions. Define the rank of a region as the number of vertices on its boundary (a vertex is a point which belongs to at least two lines). Prove that the sum of squares of ranks of all regions does not exceed 10n210n^2. (D. Fomin)