From Fibonacci Anyons to B-DNA and Microtubules via Elliptic Curves

By imposing finite order constraints on Fibonacci anyon braid relations, we construct the finite quotient G=Z5⋊2I, where 2I is the binary icosahedral group. The Gröbner basis decomposition of its SL(2,C) character variety yields elliptic curves whose L-function derivatives L′(E,1) remarkably match fundamental biological structural ratios. Specifically, we demonstrate that the Birch–Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture’s central quantity: the derivative L′(E,1) of the L-function at 1 encodes critical cellular geometries: the crystalline B-DNA pitch-to-diameter ratio (L′(E,1)=1.730 matching 34Å/20Å=1.70), the B-DNA pitch to major groove width (L′=1.58) and, additionally, the fundamental cytoskeletal scaling relationship where L′(E,1)=3.570≈25/7, precisely matching the microtubule-to-actin diameter ratio. This pattern extends across the hierarchy Z5⋊2P with 2P∈{2O,2T,2I} (binary octahedral, tetrahedral, icosahedral groups), where character tables of 2O explain genetic code degeneracies while 2T yields microtubule ratios. The convergence of multiple independent mathematical pathways on identical biological values suggests that evolutionary optimization operates under deep arithmetic-geometric constraints encoded in elliptic curve L-functions. Our results position the BSD conjecture not merely as abstract number theory, but as encoding fundamental organizational principles governing cellular architecture. The correspondence reveals arithmetic geometry as the mathematical blueprint underlying major biological structural systems, with Gross–Zagier theory providing the theoretical framework connecting quantum topology to the helical geometries that are essential for life.

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Quantum Reports
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2025-10-17
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https://doi.org/10.3390/quantum7040049
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Algebraic structures and combinatorial models
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From Fibonacci Anyons to B-DNA and Microtubules via Elliptic Curves

Michel Planat
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Algebraic structures and combinatorial models
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From Fibonacci Anyons to B-DNA and Microtubules via Elliptic Curves

Michel Planat
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By imposing finite order constraints on Fibonacci anyon braid relations, we construct the finite quotient G=Z5⋊2I, where 2I is the binary icosahedral group. The Gröbner basis decomposition of its SL(2,C) character variety yields elliptic curves whose L-function derivatives L′(E,1) remarkably match fundamental biological structural ratios. Specifically, we demonstrate that the Birch–Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture’s central quantity: the derivative L′(E,1) of the L-function at 1 encodes critical cellular geometries: the crystalline B-DNA pitch-to-diameter ratio (L′(E,1)=1.730 matching 34Å/20Å=1.70), the B-DNA pitch to major groove width (L′=1.58) and, additionally, the fundamental cytoskeletal scaling relationship where L′(E,1)=3.570≈25/7, precisely matching the microtubule-to-actin diameter ratio. This pattern extends across the hierarchy Z5⋊2P with 2P∈{2O,2T,2I} (binary octahedral, tetrahedral, icosahedral groups), where character tables of 2O explain genetic code degeneracies while 2T yields microtubule ratios. The convergence of multiple independent mathematical pathways on identical biological values suggests that evolutionary optimization operates under deep arithmetic-geometric constraints encoded in elliptic curve L-functions. Our results position the BSD conjecture not merely as abstract number theory, but as encoding fundamental organizational principles governing cellular architecture. The correspondence reveals arithmetic geometry as the mathematical blueprint underlying major biological structural systems, with Gross–Zagier theory providing the theoretical framework connecting quantum topology to the helical geometries that are essential for life.

Quantum ReportsVol. 7(4)
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR), Franche-Comté Électronique Mécanique Thermique et Optique - Sciences et Technologies (FR), Université Marie et Louis Pasteur (FR)
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Algebraic structures and combinatorial models
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