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Given that both authors are pure mathematicians, rather than engineers, I don't have the impression that they really care to monetize this. MIT could possibly claim patents on their behalf though.

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> Given that both authors are pure mathematicians ..

Erik Demaine is a computer scientist: https://youtu.be/3e1ZF1L1VhY

theoretical computer scientist

I believe he exists.

That's the only type of computer scientist. Anything else is, say, a programmer or a software developer. Which there is nothing wrong with.

Erik could toss it to someone in CSAIL to monetize, if he wanted to. There was a group I worked with that collaborated with him for the math for some folding robots.

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