English Explanatory Dictionary

Sierpinski curve

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of a recursively defined sequence of continuous closed plane fractal curves which, in the limit n→∞, completely fill the unit square.

Word forms

Sierpinski curve Sierpinski curves

Etymology

Named after Polish mathematician Wacław Sierpiński.

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