Re:Gabriel's Horn
by dubin on Tuesday June 16, 2015 @02:53PM
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Also check out the Menger sponge, which has infinite surface area and zero volume: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menger_sponge
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Non-mobile: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menger_sponge
You can do the first few levels with business cards:
http://theiff.org/oexhibits/menger02.html
As you go to higher levels, that "infinite surface area" thing starts to become difficult to manage. ;-)
Re:Gabriel's Horn
by darkmighty on Tuesday June 16, 2015 @03:33PM
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Or equivalently any object with a fractal dimension between 2 and 3.
Re:Gabriel's Horn
by relicscattergun on Tuesday June 16, 2015 @08:07PM
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I think Sierpinski's triangle may also be of interest here, which, contrastly, approaches zero surface area: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierpinski_triangle