The Tower of Hanoi – Myths and Maths

• Main Authors: Hinz, Andreas M. (Author), Klavžar, Sandi (Author), Milutinović, Uroš (Author), Petr, Ciril (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel : Springer Basel : Imprint: Birkhäuser, 2013.
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Algorithms.; Sequences (Mathematics).; Game theory.; History.; Combinatorics.; Mathematics, general.; History of Mathematical Sciences.; Sequences, Series, Summability.; Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences.; Algorithm Analysis and Problem Complexity.

This is the first comprehensive monograph on the mathematical theory of the solitaire game “The Tower of Hanoi” which was invented in the 19th century by the French number theorist Édouard Lucas. The book comprises a survey of the historical development from the game’s predecessors up to recent rese...