How to create a Sierpinski triangle in LaTeX?
▻http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/119602/how-to-create-a-sierpinski-triangle-in-latex
\documentclass[border=5mm]{standalone}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{lindenmayersystems}
\begin{document}%
\def\trianglewidth{2cm}%
\pgfdeclarelindenmayersystem{Sierpinski triangle}{
\symbol{X}{\pgflsystemdrawforward}
\symbol{Y}{\pgflsystemdrawforward}
\rule{X -> X-Y+X+Y-X}
\rule{Y -> YY}
}%
\foreach \level in {0,...,3}{%
\tikzset{
l-system={step=\trianglewidth/(2^\level), order=\level, angle=-120}
}%
\begin{tikzpicture}
\fill [black] (0,0) — ++(0:\trianglewidth) — ++(120:\trianglewidth) — cycle;
\draw [draw=none] (0,0) l-system
[l-system={Sierpinski triangle, axiom=X},fill=white];
\end{tikzpicture}
}%
\end{document}
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