Re: The Tower of Hanoi

[Anonymous]

At 10:14 AM 6/23/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Just curious as to th origin of the problem solving task called the tower
>of Hanoi?
>Does it have anything to do with Hanoi? is it a puzzle from Vietnam?
>Michael Sylvester

I've heard it is based on an old Buddhist legend.
Go to this site for the legend and a fun on-line Java version. It even has
Vietnam
Vietnamese/rhythmic Funk music to listen to while you play.
http://www.agon.com/hanoi/index.html
Relevance to TIPS : I use it in my cognition class to discuss problem
solving and algorithms
Dawn


Dawn G. Blasko Ph.D.
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Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
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