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DescriptionParadoxical decomposition F2.png	English: Illustration for the paradoxical decomposition of ${\displaystyle F_{2}}$ used in the proof of the Banach-Tarski paradox.
Source	Own work, made using MetaPost program.
Author	David Benbennick
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Linethickness = 1pt;
beginfig(1);
  recursion_depth := 6;
  const := 2.2;

  numeric length;
  length := 1.3in / (const**recursion_depth);

  pickup pencircle scaled Linethickness;
  picture p, q, r;

  for i = 1 upto recursion_depth - 2:
    draw (0,0) -- (length,0);
    draw (0,-length) -- (0,length);

    length := length * const;

    currentpicture := currentpicture shifted (length,0);
    p := currentpicture rotated 90;
    q := p yscaled -1;

    addto currentpicture also p;
    addto currentpicture also q;
  endfor;

  draw (0,0) -- (length,0);
  draw (0,-length) -- (0,length);

  length := length * const;

  currentpicture := currentpicture shifted (length,0);
  p := currentpicture rotated 90;
  q := p yscaled -1;
  r := currentpicture xscaled -1;

  addto currentpicture also p;
  addto currentpicture also q;
  addto currentpicture also r;

  draw (-length,0) -- (length,0);
  draw (0,-length) -- (0,length);

  dotlabel.urt(btex$e$etex, (0,0));
  dotlabel.ulft(btex$a$etex, (length,0));
  dotlabel.lrt(btex$b$etex, (0,length));

  pair P, Q, R;
  P := (-0.5length, 0.5length);
  Q := (-length, 0.9length);

  draw P .. Q .. (-2length,0) .. Q yscaled -1 .. P yscaled -1
    .. cycle withcolor red;

  label.top(btex$S(a^{-1})$etex, (-1.2length, 0.9length)) withcolor red;

  Q := (length, length);
  R := (0, 2length);
  draw P xscaled -1 --- Q .. R .. (-2.2length, 0) .. R yscaled -1
    .. Q yscaled -1 --- P scaled -1 .. cycle withcolor blue;

  label.rt(btex$aS(a^{-1})$etex, (1.1length,1.1length)) withcolor blue;

  currentpicture := currentpicture shifted (10cm,10cm);
endfig;
end;

I saved the above as Paradoxical_decomposition_F2.mp, and the following LaTeX program as Paradoxical_decomposition_F2.tex:

%&latex
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
 \usepackage{graphicx}
 \pagestyle{empty}
\begin{document}
 \includegraphics{Paradoxical_decomposition_F2.1}
\end{document}

I then ran the following commands:

mpost Paradoxical_decomposition_F2
tex Paradoxical_decomposition_F2
dvips -mode ljfzzz -D 1200 Paradoxical_decomposition_F2 -o
convert -density 1200 Paradoxical_decomposition_F2.ps Paradoxical_decomposition_F2.pnm
pnmcrop Paradoxical_decomposition_F2.pnm | pnmtopng > Paradoxical_decomposition_F2.png
advpng -z4 Paradoxical_decomposition_F2.png