[darkestkhan]

There shouldn't be any patents for algorithms - algorithms are math, and math is not patentable.

[eckyptang]

Math is all prior art!

[radarsat1]

Mechanical diagrams are also math.

[jlgreco]

Algorithms and mechanical diagrams are both math in the same way that the Pythagorean Theorem and a picture of some triangles are both math.