I have created a computer program which gives you the determinant to any matrix regardless of size (within the computational limits of the computer on which the program is run). Do you think such a program is worth patening. Please be specific, not just Yes/No. Also, I realize that I have not invented the technique itself but the implementation in computer code.
2006-09-01 08:08:27 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
It would be if the complexity (calculation time) of your program is proportional to less than N^2.73 (I think that was the number), where NxN is the size of the matrix.
Otherwise, you have done what many people did before you :)
2006-09-01 08:25:07 · answer #1 · answered by dutch_prof 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it might have already been done. My calculator gives me the determinat of a matrix. I haven't tested it with really big ones, but it is still there. Also, structural enigeering programs use matrix math to solve structures with multiple unknows, so they would probably do it too.
It is a good idea and good work, but it is hard to do something new nowdays.
2006-09-01 15:13:31 · answer #2 · answered by Cadair360 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you didn't come up with a new technique, but just coded an existing technique, that would fall under the heading of being obvious and therefore not patentable.
2006-09-01 15:37:24 · answer #3 · answered by rt11guru 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm pretty sure programs such as MATLAB, Maple, or Mathematica already have components which can do that.
2006-09-01 15:11:23 · answer #4 · answered by polloloco.rb67 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No... there is already other software that does that.
2006-09-01 15:30:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋