In a message dated 1/29/04 5:20:14 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Not "the equation", a method for ~solving~ a family of equations. > But that's still a description of the natural universe - the method is as much part of mathematics as the equations themselves. It exists independent of the person discovering it. It's like figuring out gravity or finding a subatomic particle. You didn't "invent" it - it was always there. That's nothing at all like inventing a machine or concocting a process or combining various elements into a new pharmaceutical. You can, in my opinion, get _credit_ for figuring out a mathematical method, but how in heck can you _patent_ it? Tom Beck www.mercerjewishsingles.org "I always knew I'd see the first man on the Moon. I never dreamed I'd see the last." - Dr Jerry Pournelle _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
