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Concave shapes whose cavities are similar to the shape vs. concave shape whose cavities are not similar to the shape.

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	COMMENTS	`"I am agnostic on whether to let this world include examples such as EX8932, where pixelation is used, or examples such as suggested by EX8928 similar to the "Topologist's Comb" (link in references) which are not locally path-connected. These two examples were provided by Aaron David Fairbanks." - Jago Collins 28th January 2021`
	REFERENCE	`https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Similarity_(geometry)` `https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-similarity` `https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comb_space`
	CROSSREFS	`Adjacent-numbered pages: BP1093 BP1094 BP1095 BP1096 BP1097 * BP1099 BP1100 BP1101 BP1102 BP1103`
	EXAMPLE	`A circle with a circle cut out of it does not fit left, because with the circle cut out of it, our shape is no longer a circle.`
	KEYWORD	`stub, precise, allsorted, left-narrow, perfect, infinitedetail`
	CONCEPT	`self-reference (info \| search)`
	AUTHOR	`Jago Collins`

Tiled by finitely many smaller copies of itself (different sizes allowed) vs. not so.

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	COMMENTS	`These are sometimes called "irreptiles".`
	CROSSREFS	`See BP532 for the version with only one size of tile allowed.` `Adjacent-numbered pages: BP1114 BP1115 BP1116 BP1117 BP1118 * BP1120 BP1121 BP1122 BP1123 BP1124`
	KEYWORD	`hardsort, proofsrequired, perfect, infinitedetail`
	CONCEPT	`fractal (info \| search),` `recursion (info \| search),` `self-reference (info \| search),` `tiling (info \| search)`
	WORLD	`[smaller \| same \| bigger]`
	AUTHOR	`Aaron David Fairbanks`

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