A Piece of the Pi: mathematics explained

A Piece of the Pi: mathematics explained

The infinite monkey theorem

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Richard Green
Mar 11, 2024
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The infinite monkey theorem is the observation that a monkey hitting keys at random on a typewriter keyboard for an infinite amount of time will eventually type any given text, for example the complete works of William Shakespeare. The same thing can be achieved by an infinite number of monkeys in a finite amount of time.

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