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Cantor set

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The Cantor set is equal to C(0,1), where C is a recursively defined function: C(a,b)=C\left(a, \frac{2a+b}{3}\right)\cup C\left(\frac{a+2b}{3},b\right) and C\left(a,a\right)=\{a\}. Geometrically, one can imagine starting with the set [0,1] and removing the middle third, and removing the middle third of the two remaining segments, and removing the middle third of the four remaining segments, and so on ad infinitum.

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