An extended Menger Sponge -iteration 7- displaying the 100 first digits -base 2- of the Champernowne number (=0.1 10 11 100 101 110 111 1000...) -using all base 2 integer numbers- periodically repeated in order to obtain 520.542.072 digits [Une éponge de Menger généralisée -itération 7- visualisant les 100 premières chiffres -base 2- du nombre de Champernowne (=0.1 10 11 100 101 110 111 1000...) -utilisant tous les nombres entiers en base 2- répétés périodiquement afin d'obtenir 520.542.072 chiffres].




Definition of the "standard" Menger sponge (related to the Cantor triadic set): A cube is cut into 3x3x3=27 identical smaller cubes. Then the 7 central subcubes (6 for each face and 1 at the center of the cube) are removed. At last this process is iterated recursively with the 27-7=20 remaining subcubes. The fractal dimension of the Menger sponge is equal to: 
                     log(20)
                    --------- = 2.726833027860842...
                     log(3)
The "standard" Menger sponge can be defined by means of subdivision rules. Here is the way how each of the 27 cubes of the "standard" Menger sponge at a given level is subdivided: 
                    
                   "standard"  Menger sponge
                     _____________________
                    /                     \
 
                    TTT       TFT       TTT
                    TFT       FFF       TFT
                    TTT       TFT       TTT
 
                    \_/
 
             Sierpinski carpet
or again: 
                    TTT TFT TTT  TFT FFF TFT  TTT TFT TTT
where 'T' ('True') and 'F' ('False') means respectively "subdivide the current cube" and "do not subdivide and destroy the current cube". The rules are repeated at each level, but they can be changed periodically and for example: 
                    
                    TTT TFT TTT  TFT FFF TFT  TTT TFT TTT   FFF FTF FFF  FTF TTT FTF  FFF FTF FFF
 
                    \___________________________________/   \___________________________________/
 
                          "standard"  Menger sponge                      complement
alternates the "standard" Menger sponge and its complement. Obviously many other rules do exist as shown below...

Beside 'F' and 'T' some other possibilities exist: 'R' that means "subdivide the current cube" or "do not subdivide and destroy the current cube" Randomly with a given threshold between 0 and 1 (0.5 being the default value) and 'S' that means "Stop subdividing". Obviously 'F', 'T', 'R' and 'S' can be mixed at will...


Obviously one can use a specific rule for each cube. The rule set "RRR RRR RRR RRR RRR RRR RRR RRR RRR" (each "R" uses the next digit -base 2- of the Champernowne number -the used colors code the reverse rank of the digits-) is used for the following pictures:


   
100 digits periodically repeated in order to obtain 1.539.972 digits. 		   
100 digits periodically repeated in order to obtain 520.542.072 digits.
   
1.000 digits periodically repeated in order to obtain 1.580.823 digits. 		   
1.000 digits periodically repeated in order to obtain 988.569.846 digits.
   
10.000 digits periodically repeated in order to obtain 1.360.800 digits. 		   
10.000 digits periodically repeated in order to obtain 531.370.800 digits.


the digits base 2 are used with the following convention: 
                    0 --> F
                    1 --> T



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