For Fibonacci numbers and the golden ratio, you can find one practical answer in search algorithms. It's fairly common to have to find the maximum or minimum of a mathematical function f(x) between ...

But for the quantum computer folks, the work has just begun. If they want to use this phase in their operations, they'll need to create new algorithms and new routines that work with the new phase.

A team of physicists say they managed to create a new phase of matter by shooting laser pulses reading out the Fibonacci sequence to a quantum computer in Colorado.