Invention vs. Discovery (was Re: Patents)

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From: SILL D E
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 1990 15:20

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In article <38121@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> jbuck@galileo.berkeley.edu writes:
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>Note: neither Cooley nor Tukey nor Gauss INVENTED the FFT; they discovered it.

What's the difference?  Isn't invention the discovery of a
configuration or procedure that was previously unknown?  Would not the
light bulb have been invented by someone else if not Edison?

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Dave Sill (de5@ornl.gov)		These are my opinions.
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