[HM] Towers of Hanoi

Subject: [HM] Towers of Hanoi
From: Clark Kimberling (ck6@evansville.edu)
Date: Mon Jan 10 2000 - 18:38:56 EST

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E. Lucas is credited with introducing in the 1880's the popular
problem, Towers of Hanoi. The question is, to what towers does
the name refer?

Clark Kimberling

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