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Infinite monkey theorem: Monkey, Randomness, Typewriter, Infinity, William Shakespeare, Almost surely, Random sequence, Ad infinitum, Probability, Hamlet, Age of the universe -

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2026-03-22
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The infinite monkey theorem states that a monkey hitting keys at random on a typewriter keyboard for an infinite amount of time will almost surely type a given text, such as the complete works of William Shakespeare. In this context, "almost surely" is a mathematical term with a pr ... Full description

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The infinite monkey theorem states that a monkey hitting keys at random on a typewriter keyboard for an infinite amount of time will almost surely type a given text, such as the complete works of William Shakespeare. In this context, "almost surely" is a mathematical term with a precise meaning, and the "monkey" is not an actual monkey, but a metaphor for an abstract device that produces a random sequence of letters ad infinitum. The theorem illustrates the perils of reasoning about infinity by imagining a vast but finite number, and vice versa. The probability of a monkey exactly typing a complete work such as Shakespeare's Hamlet is so tiny that the chance of it occurring during a period of time of the order of the age of the universe is minuscule, but not zero. Variants of the theorem include multiple and even infinitely many typists, and the target text varies between an entire library and a single sentence.

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Publisher OmniScriptum
Release year 2026
Cover type Softcover
EAN 9786130242534
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