Proper noun
Sierpinski
A surname from Polish.
6 steps of the Sierpinski carpet. Source: Internet
However, by the results of Whyburn mentioned above, we can see that the Wallis sieve is homeomorphic to the Sierpinski carpet. Source: Internet
However, in 1958 Gordon Whyburn citation uniquely characterized the Sierpinski carpet as follows: any curve that is locally connected and has no 'local cut-points' is homeomorphic to the Sierpinski carpet. Source: Internet
For example, the disjoint union of a Sierpinski carpet and a circle is also a universal plane curve. Source: Internet
In the same paper Whyburn gave another characterization of the Sierpinski carpet. Source: Internet
Life of Sierpinski Sierpinski square, a fractal In 1907 Sierpiński first became interested in set theory when he came across a theorem which stated that points in the plane could be specified with a single coordinate. Source: Internet