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Cantor tree surface

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An Alexander horned sphere. Its non-singular points form a Cantor tree surface.

In dynamical systems, the Cantor tree is an infinite-genus surface homeomorphic to a sphere with a Cantor set removed. The blooming Cantor tree is a Cantor tree with an infinite number of handles added in such a way that every end is a limit of handles.

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References

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