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Davenport–Schinzel sequences are related to complexity of arrangements of various geometric shapes (e.g. envelopes of line segments). Their asymptotics is described in terms of the inverse Ackermann function.

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Davenport–Schinzel sequences are related to complexity of arrangements of various geometric shapes (e.g. envelopes of line segments).