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Sierpinski carpet

Sierpinski carpet noun: a plane fractal, a generalization of the Cantor set to two dimensions, formed by repeated subdivision of a square.

Noun

Sierpinski carpet (plural Sierpinski carpets)

  1. A plane fractal, a generalization of the Cantor set to two dimensions, formed by repeated subdivision of a square.

Forms of Sierpinski carpet

pluralSierpinski carpets

Origin of Sierpinski carpet

First described by Wacław Sierpiński in 1916.

Questions about Sierpinski carpet

What does Sierpinski carpet mean?
Sierpinski carpet means a plane fractal, a generalization of the Cantor set to two dimensions, formed by repeated subdivision of a square.
What part of speech is Sierpinski carpet?
Sierpinski carpet is a noun.
What is the plural of Sierpinski carpet?
The plural of Sierpinski carpet is Sierpinski carpets.

Words near Sierpinski carpet in the dictionary

  1. sierolomorphids
  2. sierozem
  3. sierozems
  4. Sierpc
  5. Sierpinski
  6. Sierpinski carpet
  7. Sierpinski carpets
  8. Sierpinski cube
  9. Sierpinski cubes
  10. Sierpinski curve
  11. Sierpinski curves

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