A fractal which can be constructed using string rewriting beginning with a cell [1] and iterating the rules
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(1)
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The size of the unit element after the th iteration is
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and the number of elements is given by the recurrence relation
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where , and the first few numbers of elements are 5, 65, 665, 6305, ... (Sloane's A118004). Expanding out gives
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The capacity dimension is therefore
Since the dimension of the filled part is 2 (i.e., the square is completely filled), Cantor's square fractal is not a true fractal.