Sierpinski carpet
Noun
Meaning
Sierpinski carpet (plural Sierpinski carpets)
(mathematics) A plane fractal, a generalization of the Cantor set to two dimensions, formed by repeated subdivision of a square.
Examples
6 steps of the Sierpinski carpet.
However, by the results of Whyburn mentioned above, we can see that the Wallis sieve is homeomorphic to the Sierpinski carpet.
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.
For example, the disjoint union of a Sierpinski carpet and a circle is also a universal plane curve.
In the same paper Whyburn gave another characterization of the Sierpinski carpet.
The complement of the large circles is becoming a Sierpinski carpet In nature Close-up of a Romanesco broccoli further Self-similarity can be found in nature, as well.