From: Erik Aronesty (erik@zoneedit.com)
Date: Thu Feb 26 2004 - 17:50:58 MST
It's easy to find the pattern. Just do it manually with a few and extrapolate.
-----Original Message-----
From: "David Andrew" <dave_is_brewing@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 02:47:55
To:virus@lucifer.com
Subject: RE: virus: Tower of Brahma
4095?
i'm sure it's just (n^2)-1 or something like that. Not sure about the clap
of thunder or the disappearing world though.
>From: "Mermaid" <hidden@lucifer.com>
>Reply-To: virus@lucifer.com
>To: virus@lucifer.com
>Subject: virus: Tower of Brahma
>Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 08:56:09 -0700
>
>it seems that there are diff versions of this puzzle...i know the
>answer..but it doesnt matter because i dont know how the answer is
>derived..know how this is done? anyone?
>
>This, so the legend has it, is a temple in Benaras. They say that when the
>great lord Brahma created the world he put up three diamond sticks, mounted
>on a brass plate, beneath the dome that marks the centre of the world. Upon
>one of the sticks he placed 64 golden discs. The biggest at the bottom, all
>decreasing in size, to the smallest at the top. The temple priests have the
>task of transposing the discs from one stick to the other, using the third
>as an aid. They work day and night, but must transpose only one disc at a
>time and must not put a bigger disc on top of a smaller one. When their
>task is complete, the legend says, the world will disappear in a clap of
>thunder.
>
>How many transpositions does it take for the job to be done?
>
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Hmmm.....PUB!
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