Real World Applications
While the Tower of Hanoi’s past and present mainly involve recreational math, its future involves major real world applications. The Tower of Hanoi game can be used to assess the extent of various brain injuries and it also acts as an aid to rebuild neural pathways in the brain and to forge new connections in the prefrontal lobe. Attempting to solve the Tower of Hanoi exercises parts of the brain that help to manage time, present a business plan or make complex arguments. Even without actually solving the puzzle, anyone who attempts to solve the Tower of Hanoi can benefit (entertainment).
Not only is the Tower of Hanoi beneficial in physical and mental terms, but also in terms of certain jobs. The Tower of Hanoi is commonly used by psychologists to research and examine problem solving skills (funtrivia). Problem solving skills can be acquired by calculating moves and strategies while at the same time predicting possible outcomes (entertainment). The recursive rule of the Tower of Hanoi is studied and applied in computer programming and algorithms which helps to reduce the amount of time it takes to create a program (funtrivia).
Not only is the Tower of Hanoi beneficial in physical and mental terms, but also in terms of certain jobs. The Tower of Hanoi is commonly used by psychologists to research and examine problem solving skills (funtrivia). Problem solving skills can be acquired by calculating moves and strategies while at the same time predicting possible outcomes (entertainment). The recursive rule of the Tower of Hanoi is studied and applied in computer programming and algorithms which helps to reduce the amount of time it takes to create a program (funtrivia).