The Tower of Hanoi <U+0013> Myths and Maths

• Main Authors: Hinz, Andreas M. (Author), Klav~ar, Sandi. (Author), Milutinovi<U+0007>, Uroa. (Author), Petr, Ciril. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Basel : Springer Basel : Imprint: Birkhũser, 2013.
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Computer software.; Sequences (Mathematics).; Combinatorics.; Mathematics, general.; History of Mathematical Sciences.; Sequences, Series, Summability.; Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences.; Algorithm Analysis and Problem Complexity.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-0237-6

This is the first comprehensive monograph on the mathematical theory of the solitaire game <U+001c>The Tower of Hanoi which was invented in the 19th century by the French number theorist <U+00c9>douard Lucas. The book comprises a survey of the historical development from the game<U+0...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword by Ian Stewart
• Preface
• 0 The Beginning of the World
• 1 The Chinese Rings
• 2 The Classical Tower of Hanoi
• 3 Lucas<U+0019>s Second Problem
• 4 Sierpinski Graphs
• 5 The Tower of Hanoi with More Pegs
• 6 Variations of the Puzzle
• 7 The Tower of London
• 8 Tower of Hanoi Variants with Oriented Disc Moves
• 9 The End of the World
• A Hints and Solutions to Exercises
• Glossary
• Bibliography
• Name Index
• Subject Index
• Symbol Index.