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Marilyn Vos Savant's Monty Hall Problem (Popularity: ) http://www.mindspring.com/~tluthman/vossavant.htm Simulator. Uses buttons as labels and controls. Counts tries and provides percentages. Can be Reset without page refresh.
Patterns in the Towers of Hanoi Solution (Popularity: ) http://www.math.toronto.edu/mathnet/questionCorner/towerpatterns.html About the clockwise-counterclockwise method or the recursive solution to the problem.
Ask Dr. Math : Tower of Hanoi (Popularity: ) http://mathforum.org/dr.math/faq/faq.tower.hanoi.html Includes a small introduction to the Tower of Hanoi including History. Goes on to talk about different ways of tackling the problem.
François Edouard Anatole Lucas (Popularity: ) http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Lucas.html Biography of Edouard Lucas, inventor of the Tower of Hanoi problem.
Tower of Hanoi (Popularity: ) http://www.an.psu.edu/ojj/courses/ist-230/topics/hanoi.html Shows the initial setupand the final result of the puzzle if completed in pictures as well as text. Also used pictures to show how to do the puzzle with 3 ...
Mathnet : The Car and the Goats (Popularity: ) http://www.math.toronto.edu/mathnet/games/monty.html Introduction to the problem and the controversy. As well as a simulator. Contains a link to the next page which explains the maths behind the problem.
Let's Make a Deal Strikes Again (Popularity: ) http://mathforum.org/dr.math/problems/monty.hall.html Dr Math answers a reader question and explains why the puzzle works the way it does.
Monty Hall (Popularity: ) http://www.sover.net/~nichael/puzzles/monty/ Contains a introduction to the problem, a hint to the solution and the solution. The author attempts to "provide a reasonable and clear explanation of the answer".
The Knight's Tour Links Page (Popularity: ) http://www.velucchi.it/mathchess/knight.htm The goal is to travel with a knight around the chess board, landing on each square only once. Features web links of solutions to the game, including a solution" by ...
The Infamous Monty Hall Problem (Popularity: ) http://www.comedia.com/hot/monty.html Short introduction for beginners.
Marilyn is Tricked by a Game Show Host (Popularity: ) http://www.wiskit.com/marilyn.gameshow.html Comments on Marilyn vos Savant response to the question about this problem.
U of T Mathematics Network (Popularity: ) http://www.math.toronto.edu/mathnet/probpuzz.html Includes interactive games, problems and puzzles including the Monty Hall Problem and the Tower of Hanoi and questions pages with answers and discussion.
A New Approach to the Monty Hall Problem (Popularity: ) http://www.reenigne.org/maths/montyhall.html Introduces the problem and tries to look at the problem in a new light.
Mathnet : The Tower of Hanoi (Popularity: ) http://www.math.toronto.edu/mathnet/games/towers.html Graphical and text versions of this puzzle. Includes Background and solutions.
The Straight Dope: On "Let's Make a Deal" (Popularity: ) http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_189.html Thorough discussion of the problem, with solutions explained.
Discovering the Mathematics Behind the Game (Popularity: ) http://www.math.toronto.edu/mathnet/games/towersmath.html Guides readers to find the solution to the problem themselves but also has a link to the solution.
Cheap Monty Hall (Popularity: ) http://www.utstat.toronto.edu/david/MH.html Fully HTML-based simulator for the problem. All on one page.
Thinks.com - Tower of Hanoi (Popularity: ) http://thinks.com/java/hanoi/hanoi.htm Includes graphical disks and pegs, drag and drop movement, instructions, timer and autosolver. Allows anything between 3 and 12 disks.
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