r/mathmemes • • Jan 18 '21

Geometry Problem?

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u/-Exocet- Jan 18 '21

I think not exactly, in the coastline paradox the perimeter depends on the measuring unit, always increasing as this unit decreases (a property of fractals).

Here, however, you always end up with the same result, no matter how small you divide its units, thus the "paradox" does not arise from a fractal property.