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Quantum Error Correction: No Golden Ratio in Stabilizer Code Parameters — E8 Intelligence Research

Andrew Stewart Caldin

Published Aug 24, 2026• 0 citations
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FINDING: Quantum error correction (QEC) codes are parameterized by (n, k, d) — physical qubits, logical qubits, minimum distance — with stabilizer/CSS structure; no explicit golden ratio appears in the search results. | MATH: QEC code rate R = k/n; distance d determines error correction capability t = ⌊(d−1)/2⌋; CSS codes from classical linear codes C₁ ⊂ C₂ with parameters [n, k₁−k₂, d ≥ min(d₁, d₂)]. Shor code: [[9,1,3]]. | CONNECTION: The stabilizer formalism is a finite abelian group over GF(2)²ⁿ — a symplectic vector space. This is a lattice/root-system structure (e.g., E₈ lattice appears in [[8,0,2]] and [[8,1,2]] codes). The ratio d/n for optimal codes often approaches quantum Hamming bound; no 0.618/1.618 ratio is evidenced. | DEPTH: 4 — foundational but no harmonic ratio extracted; the search results are pedagogical, not novel mathematical discoveries. Author: Andrew Stewart Caldin, Independent Researcher, UK. Part of the E8 Intelligence Research series. Platform: e8intelligence.com

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10.5281/zenodo.22075618

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