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Hiya,
	I've just finished a paper on the patentability of 
Mathematical Algorithms. The paper begins by discussing the
existing law (mostly US) on the subject, before giving the
author's conception of the main qualities of mathematics. 
In the final part of the paper, we consider each of these
identified qualities in turn, and suggest that they pose
serious practical problems for the incorporation of 
mathematics within the patent system. 

For anyone who is interested, there is a copy of a postscript
version of the file being held on gauss.anu.edu.au
/inbox/essays/ru.ps.Z
(As you can see, it's been compressed. Use uncompress ru.ps.Z
to get the .ps file out.) 

The paper has 9000 (ish) words of text, supplemented by 
another 1000 in footnotes. There are 7 figures, and a 
couple of cover pages, for a total of 48  A4 pages (from 
memory).

I would be grateful for any comments that you may have. 

Brendan

(any problems with picking it up, please tell me. If the 
page count is a problem, I can recompile it w/out the 
cover pages, and with a smaller typeface.)

-- 
Brendan Scott, Australian National University, Canberra.   
(brendan@laplace.anu.edu.au)
Strictly no reproduction for commercial purposes.