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pixl97 25 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: How do we prevent mathemathics from devolving into...

The algorithm cannot be patented, a specific use for it can. Which on cutting edge math may not exist for decades or even hundreds of years.

mitxela 25 days ago [–]

Navier-Stokes wasn't even an algorithm, it was a proof that something is possible while obeying certain equations.

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