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order-matterstoday at 5:20 PM1 replyview on HN

the rubiks cube is in P space, but has a large state space

towers of hanoi is also in P-space, has a trick to latch onto, and is still popular - though maybe this strays from being interesting and is popular for different reasons


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pavel_lishintoday at 6:04 PM

> towers of hanoi is also in P-space, has a trick to latch onto, and is still popular

Is it? It's popular to introduce people to, and it's fun to play with for a bit, but once you understand how to solve it, there's basically no value in replaying it.