they managed to write the collected works of William Shakespeare. The problem is now what do I do with them (they take up a lot of room)
2007-03-04 01:57:52 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
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 or create a particular chosen text, such as the complete works of William Shakespeare. In this context, "almost surely" is a mathematical term with a precise meaning, and that the "monkey" is not an actual monkey; rather, it is a vivid 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 age of the universe is dwarfed by the gulf of time it would take a monkey to type Hamlet, so in a physical sense it would never happen.
2007-03-04 02:03:02 · answer #1 · answered by mia2 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Looks like you are going to need all those pages to line the bottoms of your infinite number of monkey cages. Besides, the infinite amount of time will never end, therefore when you say "AFTER an infinite amount of time", which will never occur, you have thrown a variable into the mix that cannot be calculated.
2007-03-04 02:05:05 · answer #2 · answered by docelec2000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nicely, there might then additionally be the infinite danger that a minimum of a million single monkey, yet probable infinite monkeys, might create a replica of the excellent universe's historic past, jointly with that which we don't be attentive to. Or basically speculated approximately. yet because of fact we gained't tell the information from what different monkeys have written, how might all of us be attentive to which customary series of activities written by potential of the monkeys may be the impressive one. pondering their may be an limitless form of copies of each and every infinite danger. So what's the factor? We get no the place. Having extra solutions to our questions than we began with, and then having extra questions. not understanding which answer is going to which question, given the infinite volume of opportunities, yet their being basically a million available impressive answer . we'd probable arise with the impressive answer at one factor, yet not be attentive to that this is impressive.
2016-10-17 05:58:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get yourself a room with an infinite area.
2007-03-04 02:31:16 · answer #4 · answered by Venom 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We invite you to Switch off the Improbability Drive, change into (and back from) a penguin and finally, watch your limbs float off into the sunset. [Try operating that digital watch without your arms or legs!]
We will reestablish normality as soon as we are certain just what normal is.
Thank you
2007-03-04 02:10:53 · answer #5 · answered by chocolahoma 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Space. The final frontier.
2007-03-04 02:02:06 · answer #6 · answered by substance_of_desire 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't worry. It will take so much time that we won't have to take care of them in our life time. :)
BTW, you can read through the other manuscripts. May be there will be more stories in them that have not yet been published.
2007-03-04 02:08:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you ever had what your claiming to have then it would never end, they never would stop, so your theorem/postulate is in gross error
2007-03-04 02:24:06 · answer #8 · answered by occluderx 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a disease that gets rid of monkeys is AIDS. Try that.
2007-03-04 02:03:56 · answer #9 · answered by Mojo 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋