Shakespeare - Probability

From: Jozef Jarosciak (joe_at_doprocess-dot-com.no-spam.invalid)
Date: 12/30/04 

Date: 30 Dec 2004 11:15:40 -0600

Many years ago I read somewhere that if you had an infinite number of

monkeys sitting at an infinite number of typewriters for an infinite
number of years typing at random then it could be accepted as a
probability that one would eventually type the entire works of
Shakespeare !

There was a lot of talk in one party I attended, that this view is
incorrect; however, I would appreciate it if you can you shed any
light on it from a mathematical viewpoint.

Thanking you in anticipation

Jozef Jarosciak

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