![]() Professor Dan Romik, of the University of California, Davis, has investigated the Tower of Hanoi and, despite the puzzle’s apparent simplicity, has shown that it continues to yield new surprises. However, underlying the puzzle are some key mathematical ideas – even if we might not appreciate them when solving it. This puzzle quickly reached fame as the brainteaser now known as the Tower of Hanoi.ĭespite it seeming initially perplexing, in truth the Tower of Hanoi is a problem that even amateur puzzlers can solve with a bit of lateral thinking. However, the catch is, a larger disc can never sit on top of a smaller disc. The aim is to move the tower, one disc at a time, over to the right-hand pole. ![]() There are three poles in a row, the one on the left containing a series of discs of decreasing size, with the other two, empty. ![]() In 1883, a French mathematician named Édouard Lucas came up with an intriguing scenario.
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