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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-17-07 10:18 AM
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They call THIS a Level 3 Menger Sponge?


In this photo supplied by Mississippi State University, Senior Mississippi State University mathematics majors Adam Wilkerson ,left, of Tupelo,Miss., and Laura Holland of Florence,Miss., explore the inside of a sculpture made during a campus honors class titled �Origami: Math Meets Art,� taught by Kevin Knudson,right, MSU associate math professor and associate director of Shackouls Honors College. Using 48,000 folded business cards and over 480 hours of labor, but no glue or tape, the 16 students completed assembly of 'Level 3 Menger Sponge' Thursday, Nov. 15, 2007, as their final class project in Starkville, Mississippi. (AP Photo/MSU,Megan Bean)
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Cooley Hurd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-17-07 10:29 AM
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1. Pshaw... We did that in my 3rd grade math class...
Call me when you get to level 4, guys...:D
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-17-07 10:32 AM
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2. Thousands of business people in Tupelo Miss are wondering...
who exactly DOES win those "drop-your-business-card-here" free lunches?

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Canuckistanian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-17-07 10:33 AM
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3. Looks plausible to me
The 4th cube below is a Level 3 Menger Sponge.
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