Computer illustration of a Menger Sponge interior. The Menger sponge simultaneously exhibits an infinite surface area and zero volume. In mathematics,

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Computer illustration of a Menger Sponge interior. The Menger sponge simultaneously exhibits an infinite surface area and zero volume. In mathematics, the Menger sponge is a fractal curve, a three-dimensional generalization of the Cantor set and Sierpinski carpet. It was first described by Karl Menger in 1926, in his studies of the concept of topological

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Keywords: 3d, blue, cantor, carpet, computer, curve, dimensional, fractal, geometry, illustration, infinite, infinity, karl, mathematics, menger, orange, set, sierpinski, sponge, topological, topology, volume