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Smith–Volterra–Cantor set

The Smith–Volterra–Cantor set is a special kind of pattern made up of a bunch of lines. The lines start out the same length, but then they get cut into smaller and smaller pieces until they become really tiny. Think of it like cutting up a pizza. The pieces start out really large, and then you cut them into halves, then halves of halves, and so on until you have tiny little pizza pieces. That’s what the Smith–Volterra–Cantor set is like. The lines start out larger and larger, then they get cut into smaller and smaller pieces. The pattern will never end either! Every time the lines are cut into smaller pieces, there are more and more pieces that appear.