# Number Theory as Controlled Information **Entity class:** Policy-history concept **Domain:** Mathematics / Technology policy **Maturity:** Developed ## Definition Number theory became entangled with export control when mathematical techniques enabled modern cryptography. ## Mechanism and significance The case demonstrates how a formally abstract discipline can acquire regulatory significance once its implementations become strategically consequential. ## Relationships - **Research dossier:** [[research/ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots|ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots]] - **Ontology route:** [[ASI and RSI Timeline Ontology#AI Control, Law, and Alignment|AI Control, Law, and Alignment]] - **Primary fields:** [[AI Control]] · [[AI Safety]] · [[AI Infrastructure Consent]] - **Adjacent concepts:** [[Corporate-Liability Chilling Effect]] · [[Cryptography Export Controls]] · [[Anthropic Constitution]] · [[Hard Behavioral Constraint]] ## Sources and provenance - [[research/ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots|ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots]] — immediate source for this node's role in the broadcast research map. ## Evidence boundary The research dossier establishes why this entity or concept belongs in the Moonshots ontology. Time-sensitive organizational, product, policy, and performance claims should be checked against the linked primary source or a current authoritative source before reuse as settled fact.