An Iterative Algorithm for the Tower of Hanoi with Four Pegs,I once gave a seminar (in German) for high-school students in connection with
Computing 42(1989), 133-140.The Tower of Hanoi, Enseign. Math. (2) 35(1989), 289-321.
(with A. Schief) The average distance on the Sierpinski gasket,
Probab. Theory Related Fields 87(1990), 129-138.Solution to Problem 1350 (Math. Mag. 63(1990), 189),
Math. Mag. 64(1991), 203.Shortest Paths between Regular States of the Tower of Hanoi,
Inform. Sci. 63(1992), 173-181.Pascal's Triangle and the Tower of Hanoi, Amer. Math. Monthly
99(1992), 538-544.Square-free Tower of Hanoi sequences, Enseign. Math. (2) 42(1996), 257-264.
The Tower of Hanoi, in: Shum, K.-P., Taft, E. J., Wan, Z.-X. (Eds.),
Algebras and Combinatorics, An International Congress, ICAC '97, Hong Kong,
Springer, Singapore, 1999, 277-289.(with J.-P. Bode ) Results and open problems on the Tower of Hanoi,
Congr. Numer. 139(1999), 113-122.(with D. Parisse) On the Planarity of Hanoi Graphs, Exposition. Math. 20(2002), 263-268.
(with S. Klavžar, U. Milutinović, D. Parisse, C. Petr) Metric properties
of the Tower of Hanoi graphs and Stern's diatomic sequence,
European J. Combin. 26(2005), 693-708.(with A. Kostov, F. Kneißl, F. Sürer, A. Danek) A mathematical model
and a computer tool for the Tower of Hanoi and Tower of London puzzles,
Inform. Sci. 179(2009), 2934-2947.(with A. H. Faber, N. Kühnpast, F. Sürer, A. Danek) The iso-effect:
Is there specific learning of Tower of London iso-problems?,
Thinking & Reasoning 15(2009), 237-249.Graph theory of tower tasks, Behavioural Neurology 25(2012), 13-22.
(with D. Parisse) The average eccentricity of Hanoi and Sierpiński graphs, Graphs Combin., to appear.
(with D. Parisse) Coloring Hanoi and Sierpiński Graphs, Discrete Math., to appear.
In collaboration with neuropsychologists and computer scientists we develop a computer tool for tower puzzles.
The corresponding poster has been awarded a Second Prize in the Poster competition of the International Congress of Mathematicians 2006 in Madrid.
I would be happy to hear from anyone interested in these topics.
In particular I am interested in any new development about the
Tower of Hanoi with more than three pegs. However, only serious
attempts to prove minimality of the presumed minimal solution
will be considered.
I am also looking for material about the biography of the inventor
of the Tower of Hanoi, the French mathematician Édouard Lucas,
who lived 1842-1891 (cf. my article in the Monthly ).
Some people have taken up my challenge to hold a conference on the Tower of Hanoi, albeit not in Hanoi!
It was organized by
S. Klavžar, U. Milutinović, and C. Petr in the Slovenian
town of Maribor;
see
Workshop on the Tower of Hanoi and Related Problems
for details.
My further research interests cover analysis and other topics .
You may want to know more about my courses and lectures .
My coordinates are on my personal homepage .
