Reve's puzzle

GPTKB entity

Statements (19)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:puzzle
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Reve's problem
gptkbp:category recreational mathematics
gptkbp:firstDescribed gptkb:Henry_Dudeney
1907
gptkbp:generalizes gptkb:Tower_of_Hanoi
gptkbp:goal move a stack of disks from one peg to another using four pegs
gptkbp:hasRule no disk may be placed on top of a smaller disk
only one disk may be moved at a time
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Reve's puzzle
gptkbp:minimumMovesFor4Disks 9
gptkbp:minimumMovesFor5Disks 13
gptkbp:minimumMovesFor6Disks 17
gptkbp:minimumMovesFormula Frame–Stewart algorithm
gptkbp:namedAfter Reve (the wise man in Dudeney's story)
gptkbp:numberOfPegs 4
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Tower_of_Hanoi
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Hanoi_Tower
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8