[HN Gopher] A Quantum Computer by Blasting It with the Fibonacci...
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       A Quantum Computer by Blasting It with the Fibonacci Sequence
        
       Author : tambourine_man
       Score  : 40 points
       Date   : 2022-10-20 10:27 UTC (3 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (gizmodo.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (gizmodo.com)
        
       | dr_dshiv wrote:
       | Golden ratios are mathematically useful for non-interference. Phi
       | (golden ratio) is sometimes referred to as the "most" irrational
       | number." Two waves with that ratio will never have their peaks
       | and troughs line up. Ie, they don't synchronize. Contrast that
       | with a harmonic or integer ratio. Neuroscientists have found high
       | and low theta waves (for instance) that are separated by a phi
       | ratio -- they propose that this ratio prevents interference and
       | allows multiplexing.
       | 
       | Somehow, these pulses helped prevent coupling to the environment?
        
         | jazzyjackson wrote:
         | Similar to how primes show up in nature, e.g. cicada broods
         | maturing at 11, 13, and 17 year cycles - they are less likely
         | to compete with other broods this way, a natural optimization
         | of avoidance.
        
           | OscarCunningham wrote:
           | Consecutive entries in the Fibonacci sequence have a ratio
           | close to ph, _and_ no common factors.
        
       | i_like_apis wrote:
       | Oh my, that's a lot of mobile ads in your face while trying to
       | read an inch of content. I don't think I will be clicking mobile
       | Gizmodo again.
       | 
       | What happened in the article though?
        
       | hbogert wrote:
       | Did gizmodo dumb this down so much it becomes impossible to
       | understand?
       | 
       | Is it really the fibonacci sequence being a true missing link
       | here? Or does the pattern just need to be pseudo random and/or
       | increasing?
       | 
       | /edit
       | 
       | seems I read a bit too fast. They do explain why the Fibonacci
       | word/sequence is better.
       | 
       | > You can think of the Fibonacci sequence laser pulses as two
       | frequencies that never overlap. That makes the pulses a
       | quasicrystal: a pattern that has order, but no periodicity.
        
         | OscarCunningham wrote:
         | I suspect it might have been the Fibonacci word
         | (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibonacci_word).
        
       | legohead wrote:
       | > but the team ended the experiment at the 5.5-second mark
       | 
       | why end it and not see how long it would last? and did they just
       | do this once and call it a success? I'm no expert in this field
       | by any means, but I just don't get this methodology. hopefully
       | someone can enlighten me.
        
       | pixelpoet wrote:
       | Mangled headline
        
       | chatterhead wrote:
       | Complexity creates stability.
       | 
       | So we live at the mercy of paradox.
       | 
       | Yeah, that sounds about right from my experiences.
        
         | anthk wrote:
         | Learn about atractors.
        
       | Syzygies wrote:
       | The Fibonacci sequence is characterized by satisfying the
       | simplest recurrence relation, just as the exponential function is
       | characterized by satisfying the simplest differential equation.
       | 
       | It's hard to think clearly about anything when there's enough
       | cultural static in the way. Did you first learn of Bruce
       | Springsteen after his Time and Newsweek covers? Here, Fibonacci
       | numbers and the Golden Ratio enjoy a cult status that many
       | including myself find repellent. To have original thoughts I want
       | to avoid group think.
       | 
       | Nevertheless, Fibonacci numbers are like the prime "2". Life
       | depends on properties of the element carbon, and other elements
       | don't enjoy the same evolutionary success. I ask myself why a
       | simple sensor pattern for digital photography that my father came
       | up with half a century ago is still in use? The game "Core Wars"
       | ended when a virus kept winning. Simplest answers often have an
       | uncanny effectiveness.
       | 
       | Here, as an aging mathematician, I believe that this article
       | could be reporting on an effect that's real.
        
       | 0xTJ wrote:
       | The modified headline on here doesn't make any sense.
       | 
       | Also, this article doesn't seem amazing; it seems simplified to
       | the point of being misleading, and it's not clear in the article
       | what is meant by making it "work".
        
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