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This one looks like a Sierpinsky Triangle :) https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4226/35286566316_65bcda7d3f_b.jpg https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4226/35286566316_65b

This one looks like a Sierpinsky Triangle :) https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4226/35286566316_65bcda7d3f_b.jpg https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4226/35286566316_65bcda7d3f_b....

kmill 9y ago
That'd be a Sierpinski tetrahedron, but it's the same idea. I think it's pretty interesting that these were made about ten years before Sierpinski described the fractals, but then again the design appeared in mosaics from much earlier: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/52/98/75/529875deedb52ebe7adad4a29d4dea48.jpg https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/52/98/75/5298... https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/600x315/7b/7c/06/7b7c0653e7c82e33dddf7898e70baf2c.jpg https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/600x315/7b/7c/06/7b7c06...
- jlg23 9y ago
  Where were those pictures taken?
  - jszymborski 9y ago
    Reverse google image sleuthing leads to a pinterest board[0] that alleges they are of the Cosmatesque style[1], which means they maybe originate from somewhere in medieval Italy? [0] https://www.pinterest.com/paulettecadic/pavements-des-cosmates/ https://www.pinterest.com/paulettecadic/pavements-des-cosmat... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmatesque https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmatesque
    - kmill 9y ago
      Thanks for the sleuthing. I found them myself by searching for Cosmati mosaics, since Wikipedia mentions them in the article about the Sierpinski triangle. Captions for the two images: Francesco De Comité took this photograph in the Church Santa Maria in Trastevere, Rome, Civita Castellana - Santa Maria Maggiore - Motivo detto "setaccio di Sierpinski"
hinkley 9y ago
'The Sierpinsky gasket makes me wanna cry.' I can't hear the name Sierpinsky without thinking of 'Mandelbrot Set' by Jonathan Coulton.
- jszymborski 9y ago
  I hate that the part about Mandelbrot still being alive is no longer true :(
agumonkey 9y ago
I just thought they should be called Sierpinskites.

This one looks like a Sierpinsky Triangle :) https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4226/35286566316_65bcda7d3f_b.jpg https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4226/35286566316_65bcda7d3f_b....

kmill 9y ago

That'd be a Sierpinski tetrahedron, but it's the same idea. I think it's pretty interesting that these were made about ten years before Sierpinski described the fractals, but then again the design appeared in mosaics from much earlier: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/52/98/75/529875deedb52ebe7adad4a29d4dea48.jpg https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/52/98/75/5298... https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/600x315/7b/7c/06/7b7c0653e7c82e33dddf7898e70baf2c.jpg https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/600x315/7b/7c/06/7b7c06...

jlg23 9y ago
Where were those pictures taken?
- jszymborski 9y ago
  Reverse google image sleuthing leads to a pinterest board[0] that alleges they are of the Cosmatesque style[1], which means they maybe originate from somewhere in medieval Italy? [0] https://www.pinterest.com/paulettecadic/pavements-des-cosmates/ https://www.pinterest.com/paulettecadic/pavements-des-cosmat... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmatesque https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmatesque
  - kmill 9y ago
    Thanks for the sleuthing. I found them myself by searching for Cosmati mosaics, since Wikipedia mentions them in the article about the Sierpinski triangle. Captions for the two images: Francesco De Comité took this photograph in the Church Santa Maria in Trastevere, Rome, Civita Castellana - Santa Maria Maggiore - Motivo detto "setaccio di Sierpinski"

hinkley 9y ago

'The Sierpinsky gasket makes me wanna cry.' I can't hear the name Sierpinsky without thinking of 'Mandelbrot Set' by Jonathan Coulton.

jszymborski 9y ago
I hate that the part about Mandelbrot still being alive is no longer true :(

agumonkey 9y ago

I just thought they should be called Sierpinskites.