So there is some theoretical and experimental work arguing that the Fibonacci sequence minimizes the energy of soft particles interacting repulsively when constrained to the surface of a cylinder. In 2009, some physicists found the pattern when they made a "Magnetic Cactus": http://arxiv.org/abs/1002.0622
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So there is some theoretical and experimental work arguing that the Fibonacci sequence minimizes the energy of soft particles interacting repulsively when constrained to the surface of a cylinder. In 2009, some physicists found the pattern when they made a "Magnetic Cactus": http://arxiv.org/abs/1002.0622