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Tower of Hanoi

mathematical game or puzzle
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Summary

Tower of Hanoi is a mathematical game[1]. It draws 7,588 Wikipedia views per month (mathematical game category, ranking #1 of 8).[2]

Key Facts

  • Discoverer or inventor: Édouard Lucas[3]
  • Instance of: mechanical puzzle[4], mathematical puzzle[5]
  • Named after: Hanoi[6]
  • Commons category: Tower of Hanoi[7]
  • Country of origin: French Third Republic[8]
  • Inception: 1883[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Tower of Hanoi[10]
  • Commons gallery: Tower of Hanoi[11]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics[12]

Why It Matters

Tower of Hanoi has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 66 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

Édouard Lucas French Third Republic

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9w ago · Mariobanana · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Niconicopedia id → ハノイの塔
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Niconicopedia id: ハノイの塔"
  2. 12w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → —
    Discoverer or inventor → Édouard Lucas
    Instance of → —
    Country of origin → French Third Republic
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14470: Concepts/Tower_of_Hanoi, Adding missing [[P:P14470|P14470]] and [[P:P9675|P9675]] qualifier based on [[P:P5247|P5247]]"
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