A Piece of the Pi: mathematics explained

A Piece of the Pi: mathematics explained

Fractal squares

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Richard Green
Jun 21, 2023
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This animation shows the construction of the Sierpiński carpet, a fractal that was first described by Wacław Sierpiński in 1916. The fractal can be constructed by starting with a filled-in square, and then repeatedly applying the following procedure:

  1. take the shape S obtained at the previous stage of the iteration;

  2. arrange nine copies of S in a 3 by 3 gri…

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