English Explanatory Dictionary

Menger sponge

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A fractal curve, a three-dimensional generalization of the Cantor set and Sierpinski carpet, formed by repeated subdivision of a cube, and having infinite surface area and zero volume.

Word forms

Menger sponge Menger sponges

Etymology

First described by Karl Menger in 1926.

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