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Re:The Point of the Banach-Tarski Theorem – not just a curio... by digama on Sunday June 07, 2015 @06:17PM (#9676523)
Fractals generally have a formula describing them, i.e. they are computable. Nonmeasurable sets are necessarily non-computable. This is why you will never see an accurate picture of the B-T sets, because they are not defined uniquely by any formula or algorithm (which is connected to the fact that the axiom of choice is needed to even prove these sets exist).

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