Spin-Boson Link Absent: Golden Ratio Continued Fractions Yield No Direct Model Result — E8 Intelligence Research
Year: 2026
Type: preprint
Abstract: FINDING: The search results are dominated by pedagogical and recreational treatments of the golden ratio's continued fraction, with one substantive research paper linking Rogers–Ramanujan continued fractions to the solution of the general quintic — but **no direct spin-boson model result** appears. The spin-boson query is unfulfilled; the evidence is purely about φ and its algebraic extensions. MATH: - Golden ratio continued fraction: φ = [1; 1, 1, 1, …] = 1 + 1/(1 + 1/(1 + …)), satisfying φ = 1 + 1/φ → φ² − φ − 1 = 0 → φ = (1+√5)/2 ≈ 1.6180339887. - Convergents: Fₙ₊₁/Fₙ → φ, where Fₙ are Fibonacci numbers. - Rogers–Ramanujan continued fraction (arXiv:1510.00068v2): R(q) = q^(1/5)/(1 + q/(1 + q²/(1 + q³/(1 + …)))), |q| < 1. The paper expresses a root of the general quintic x⁵ + ax + b = 0 as an algebraic function of R(q) — specifically using modular equations and the fact that R(q) satisfies a quintic relation. - No spin-boson equations, renormalization factors, or exa Author: Andrew Stewart Caldin, Independent Researcher, UK. Part of the E8 Intelligence Research series. Platform: e8intelligence.com
Author: Caldin, Andrew Stewart
Language: English
Subfield: Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7222831673
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