Patented prime numbers

[stephan.neuhaus@tik.ee.ethz.ch (Stephan Neuhaus)]

On 2014-05-12, 18:25, jim bell wrote:
> Also, I believe there is a rule that says that laws of nature aren't
> patentable.  To the extent that primality is a law of nature, it
> shouldn't be patentable.

To be pedantic, primes aren't so much a law of *nature*, they're in
*maths*.  I'm not aware of any law of, e.g., physics that would depend
on primes, but would love to learn of one, if one exists.

Fun,

Stephan