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Broad Topics > Fractions, Decimals, Percentages, Ratio and Proportion > Fractal

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Where Art and Maths Combine

Stage: 3, 4 and 5

In this article, Rachel Melrose describes what happens when she mixed mathematics with art.

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How Many Elements Are There in the Cantor Set?

Stage: 4 and 5

This article gives a proof of the uncountability of the Cantor set.

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The Cantor Set

Stage: 3 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:2 Challenge Level:2

Take a line segment of length 1. Remove the middle third. Remove the middle thirds of what you have left. Repeat infinitely many times, and you have the Cantor Set. Can you picture it?

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How Long Is the Cantor Set?

Stage: 3 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:3 Challenge Level:3 Challenge Level:3

Take a line segment of length 1. Remove the middle third. Remove the middle thirds of what you have left. Repeat infinitely many times, and you have the Cantor Set. Can you find its length?


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