The "Tower of Hanoi" Math Puzzle
The Tower of Hanoi is an all-time classic math puzzle/game, invented by the French mathematician, Edouard Lucas, in 1883. Learn about its history and the math behind it at this neat site operated by the Public science museum and research center for K-12 education at the University of California, Berkeley, then see if you can solve it!
A history of "The Tower of Hanoi"
Another online version to play
Template to make your own paper version
Instructions for making a nice wooden model version from Popular Mechanics Magazine
Thanks for these links. I've been fascinated by this game that I didn't know the name of since I've got a screen saver program that has an animation of it that rotates around now and then among the screen savers. My husband was one of those computer science students who learned of it, but couldn't recall the name for me to look it up.
Thanks so much for these resources! My daughter solved the 6 piece version in less than 2 minutes. Excellent for one who struggles with discalculia (or however that is spelled).