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2. (iv) Not al all: here are two examples.
On the left, the first 10 points are generated by applications of T3; on the right the first 10 points are generated by alternating T3 and T2.
In fact, we can construct arbitrarily long sequences of Pi that do not enter the equliateral triangle.
However, once some Pi does enter the triangle, the analysis of parts (ii) and (iii) can be applied.

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