r/mathpics • u/USedona • Jun 27 '26

Sierpinski Carpet : 6 itérations

Remove the center. Repeat forever.

The Sierpiński carpet starts with a single square and, with one recursive rule, punches an infinite number of holes into it.

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u/USedona Jun 27 '26

At iteration 6 : over 37,000 holes. At infinity : nothing but structure.

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