<P> 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 an endless random sequence of letters and symbols . One of the earliest instances of the use of the `` monkey metaphor '' is that of French mathematician Émile Borel in 1913 , but the first instance may have been even earlier . </P>
<P> 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 an endless random sequence of letters and symbols . One of the earliest instances of the use of the `` monkey metaphor '' is that of French mathematician Émile Borel in 1913 , but the first instance may have been even earlier . </P>
who came up with the infinite monkey theorem
who came up with the infinite monkey theorem
Émile Borel
Émile Borel