This Curve Looks Simple At First, But It Gets Complicated Quickly

Calculus Level 3

Consider the above curve as the number of steps tends to infinity. Which of the following is true:

The curve does not go through the point ( 2 2 , 3 3 ) (\frac{\sqrt{2}}{2}, \frac{\sqrt{3}}{3}) The curve does not go through the point ( 1 3 , 2 3 ) ( \frac{1}{3},\frac{2}{3}) The curve does not go through the point ( 1 2 , 1 2 ) (\frac{1}{2},\frac{1}{2}) The curve goes through every point in the unit square

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9 solutions

If you look at the white lines that represent the curve, a point comes when the details are so small that each and every point is covered or apparently appears to be covered by the curve.

P.S. I was wondering if this curve is an example of a fractal.

Koushtav : it does look fractal. It seems to have infinite perimeter. also, am guessing it probably belongs to Hilbert's space filling curves family. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilbert_curve

Anand Jeyahar - 7 years, 3 months ago

curve is passing hteough every point in the square

Mazahir Hussain Saleh - 7 years, 2 months ago

2+2

vinod tale - 7 years, 2 months ago

Whenever you look, its curve pass through every point of the square

Ian Baclea-an - 7 years, 2 months ago

ya the curve passes thru every pt. in the square

Prapurna Panchagnula - 7 years, 2 months ago

It just doubles so it goes to the same point,and Im right!

Carl De Guzman - 7 years, 2 months ago
Umair Ahmed
Mar 11, 2014

it is touching every point of graph....

curve is passing

Mehbob Shah - 7 years, 3 months ago
Shalini Epari
Mar 9, 2014

If you carefully study the curve, it is like you are continuously zooming out of a figure that has infinitely small details. So for every point you look at there will be revealed another point that is halfway smaller than that. Ultimately you will be covering the entire square as the figure becomes more detailed.

curve covering the whole surface like grids

Zamurad Khan - 7 years, 3 months ago

The curve goes through every point in the unit square

Fahima Rahman - 7 years, 2 months ago

Yea

Kou$htav Chakrabarty - 7 years, 3 months ago
Deepak Prajapati
Mar 23, 2014

if we think a sphere having some radius and we want to change that sphere in to a point then sphere have to travel (volum wise compression)all the points in its path to become a point...same way we can think about given curve

Yuvraj 007
Mar 22, 2014

The curve joins all the points at a certain time and that time is when the graph is completely white and there are no more points on it.

true

Stephen Stevens - 7 years, 2 months ago
Vidya Shirur
Mar 22, 2014

The curve is in moving position . and in a restricted area only. so it covers unit place of the surface

Amine Boulaich
Mar 20, 2014

if you look at the image you may have seen that the curve trought every point

Julieta Ramos
Mar 19, 2014

Basing on the figure..it gets smaller and smaller until all the points are covered.

Adnanzab Bhat
Mar 18, 2014

another way to look at this is: if we start from when-the-graph-is-infinetely-zoomed-out and now go on zooming-in, it will always appear that the graph covers all the points (no matter how much we zoom-in), which sounds contrary to common-sense. But that's what 'infinity' is famous for, isn't it? :)

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jaseem ur rehman - 7 years, 2 months ago

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just search mathematic writing online on the google..and you'll find it...i had try before..

Aiman Cool - 7 years, 2 months ago

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