The Sierpinski carpet is a two-dimensional counterpart of the Cantor set. It is constructed by removing the center one-ninth of a square of side 1, then removing the centers of the eight smaller remaining squares, and so so. (The figure shows the first three steps of the construction.) Find that the sum of the areas of the removed squares and the area of the Sierpinski carpet.

The Sierpinski carpet is a two-dimensional counterpart of the Cantor set. It is constructed by removing the center one-ninth of a square of side 1, then removing the centers of the eight smaller remaining squares, and so so. (The figure shows the first three steps of the construction.) Find that the sum of the areas of the removed squares and the area of the Sierpinski carpet.

Elementary Geometry For College Students, 7e

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