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Tower of Hanoi task  

Definition

  • "In the standard 3-disk TOH [Tower of Hanoi] puzzle, three disks of different sizes are stacked on a peg such that the largest disk is at the bottom and the smallest on top […]. There are three total pegs, and the goal is to re-stack the disks on the third peg with the following constraints (1) only one disk can be moved at a time, (2) a larger disk cannot be placed on top of a smaller disk and (3) a disk cannot be moved if there is another disk on top of it. There are countless variations of the task (for example, with different start and end states, different numbers of disks, and isomorphic contexts)." (Fansher et al., 2022, p. 1).

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Lucas' Tower
  • problème de la Tour de Hanoï
  • problem of Benares Temple
  • pyramid puzzle
  • test de la Tour de Hanoï
  • TOH
  • Tour de Lucas
  • Tower of Brahma
  • Tower of Hanoi disk-transfer task
  • Tower of Hanoi problem
  • Tower of Hanoi puzzle
  • Tower of Hanoi test

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Fansher, M., Shah, P., & Hélie, S. (2022). The effect of mode of presentation on Tower of Hanoi problem solving. Cognition, 224, 105041. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2022.105041

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]

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  • Frank Arnould

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