Block Fractals

Exercises - Five Block Configuration Perimeter

One approach is to look at the limiting shape and observe the gaskets. The limiting shape is on the left, the faces (except the bottom, which is a filled-in square) on the right.
Another appraoch is to find the IFS rules that generate the limiting shape. They are
    T1(x, y, z) = (x/2, y/2, z/2)
    T2(x, y, z) = (x/2, y/2, z/2) + (1/2, 0, 0)
    T3(x, y, z) = (x/2, y/2, z/2) + (0, 1/2, 0)
    T4(x, y, z) = (x/2, y/2, z/2) + (1/2, 1/2, 0)
    T5(x, y, z) = (x/2, y/2, z/2) + (0, 0, 1/2)
Then note any three of these generate a gasket; four of the combinations give the four faces on the right above.

Return to five block construction perimeter.