Tower of Hanoi

Summary

Tower of Hanoi is a mathematical game^[1]. It draws 870 Wikipedia views per month (mathematical_game category, ranking #1 of 8).^[2]

Key Facts

• Tower of Hanoi is credited with the discovery of Édouard Lucas^[3].
• Tower of Hanoi's image is recorded as Tower of Hanoi 4.gif^[4].
• Tower of Hanoi's instance of is recorded as mathematical game^[5].
• Tower of Hanoi's instance of is recorded as mechanical puzzle^[6].
• Tower of Hanoi's instance of is recorded as mathematical puzzle^[7].
• Hanoi is named after Tower of Hanoi^[8].
• Tower of Hanoi's GND ID is recorded as 4518384-3^[9].
• Tower of Hanoi's Commons category is recorded as Tower of Hanoi^[10].
• Tower of Hanoi's country of origin is recorded as French Third Republic^[11].
• +1883-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Tower of Hanoi^[12].
• Tower of Hanoi's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0fpy0^[13].
• Tower of Hanoi's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph1060364^[14].
• Tower of Hanoi's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Tower of Hanoi^[15].
• Tower of Hanoi's Commons gallery is recorded as Tower of Hanoi^[16].
• Tower of Hanoi's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Tower-of-Hanoi^[17].
• Tower of Hanoi's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Lucas-Puzzle^[18].
• Tower of Hanoi's MathWorld ID is recorded as TowerofHanoi^[19].
• Tower of Hanoi's Quora topic ID is recorded as Tower-of-Hanoi^[20].
• Tower of Hanoi's Giant Bomb ID is recorded as 3015-5744^[21].
• Tower of Hanoi's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics^[22].
• Tower of Hanoi's TV Tropes ID is recorded as Main/TowersOfHanoi^[23].
• Tower of Hanoi's GitHub topic is recorded as tower-of-hanoi^[24].
• Tower of Hanoi's Pixiv Encyclopedia ID is recorded as ハノイの塔^[25].
• Tower of Hanoi's Vikidia article ID is recorded as fr:Tours_de_Hanoï^[26].
• Tower of Hanoi's FOLDOC ID is recorded as Towers+of+Hanoi^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Tower of Hanoi is credited with the discovery of Édouard Lucas^[3].

Why It Matters

Tower of Hanoi draws 870 Wikipedia views per month (mathematical_game category, ranking #1 of 8).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]