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      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">journal-of-discrete-mathematical-sciences-and-cryptography</journal-id>
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        <journal-title>Journal of Discrete Mathematical Sciences and Cryptography</journal-title>
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      <issn publication-format="electronic">2169-0065</issn>
      <issn publication-format="print">0972-0529</issn>
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        <publisher-name>Taru Publications</publisher-name>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.47974/JDMSC-2479</article-id>
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        <article-title>Investigating the structural properties of the Tower of Hanoi problem, using combinatorial approaches</article-title>
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          <name>
            <surname>Patil</surname>
            <given-names>P. S.</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>Department of Electrical Engineering, Yeshwantrao Chavan College of Engineering, Nagpur, Maharashtra, 441110, India</aff>
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          <name>
            <surname>Wani</surname>
            <given-names>Tanveer Ahmad</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>Department of Physics, Noida International University, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, 203201, India</aff>
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          <name>
            <surname>Thakur</surname>
            <given-names>Virendra</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>Symbiosis Law School Pune (SLS-P), Symbiosis Centre for Advanced Legal Studies and Research (SCALSAR), Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune, Maharashtra, 411014, India</aff>
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          <name>
            <surname>Satpute</surname>
            <given-names>Satchidanand</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>Department of Chemical Engineering, Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, Pune, Maharashtra, 411037, India</aff>
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          <name>
            <surname>Charishma</surname>
            <given-names>J.</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>Department of Computer Science &amp; Engineering, KITS Akshar Institute of Technology, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, 522019, India</aff>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Srujana</surname>
            <given-names>G.</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>Department of Computer Science and Engineering, KKR and KSR Institute of Technology and Sciences, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, 522017, India</aff>
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      </contrib-group>
      <volume>29</volume>
      <issue>2-A</issue>
      <fpage>469</fpage>
      <lpage>477</lpage>
      <pub-date date-type="pub">
        <day>31</day>
        <month>12</month>
        <year>2025</year>
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        <p>Mathematicians and computer scientists have long been interested in the Tower of Hanoi issue due of its many fascinating possibilities. This combinatorial research examines the Tower of Hanoi problem’s structural aspects to determine its behaviour, how solutions vary over time, and the best strategies. By observing how the problem repeats, we identify combinatorial patterns that reveal the minimum number of operations required to solve the puzzle for n discs. We also examine how Stirling numbers, sequences, and binary timber relate to the problem’s solution area. Combinatorial counting rules are used in our method to estimate problem complexity. Combinatorial approaches may help solve other iterative or high-quality flow issues as well as the Tower of Hanoi. The research illuminates combinatorial problem-solving strategies and their applications in computer theory.</p>
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        <kwd>Tower of Hanoi</kwd>
        <kwd>Combinatorics</kwd>
        <kwd>Recursive algorithms</kwd>
        <kwd>Optimization</kwd>
        <kwd>Stirling numbers</kwd>
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