The Fibonacci sequence may unleash the potential of nascent quantum computers. Menu. like the tool song. This beautiful math equation could herald a quantum computing breakthrough.

The Fibonacci sequence, commonly attributed to medieval Italian mathematician Leonardo Fibonacci (c. 1170-1250), has a rich history spanning multiple civilizations and millennia.

This diagram shows how the number of pairs of rabbits over time forms the Fibonacci sequence. (Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0)If you start with one pair, you soon get two pairs, three, five, eight ...