Let F = {Fi } = {1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, . . . }.

The free energy associated with

modes in F is
X X 
E=− σFi |AFi |2 − β AFi AFi+1 A∗Fi+2 + A∗Fi A∗Fi+1 AFi+2
X 2 1 X 
2 4
+γ |AFi | − |AFi |
2

The gradient flow equations for the first few modes in F are
∂A1  X 
= σ1 |A1 |2 + βA∗2 A3 − γA1 2 |Ai |2 − |A1 |2
∂t
∂A2  X 
= σ2 |A2 |2 + β (A∗1 A3 + A∗3 A5 ) − γA2 2 |Ai |2 − |A2 |2
∂t
∂A3  X 
= σ3 |A3 |2 + β (A1 A2 + A∗2 A5 + A∗5 A8 ) − γA3 2 |Ai |2 − |A3 |2
∂t
∂A5 2 ∗ ∗
 X
2 2

= σ5 |A5 | + β (A2 A3 + A3 A8 + A8 A13 ) − γA5 2 |Ai | − |A5 |
∂t
∂A8 2 ∗ ∗
 X
2 2

= σ8 |A8 | + β (A3 A5 + A5 A13 + A13 A21 ) − γA8 2 |Ai | − |A8 |
∂t

The gradient flow equations for `1 and `2 are

∂`1 ∂ X X ∂`Fi
σFi |AFi |2 = − |AFi |2  − σFi
p
= 4`Fi
∂t ∂`1 ∂`1
∂`2 ∂ X X ∂` Fi
σFi |AFi |2 = − |AFi |2  − σFi
p
= 4`Fi
∂t ∂`2 ∂`2

Note that
 
∂`Fi
= {1, 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, . . . }
∂`
 1
∂`Fi
= {0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, . . . }
∂`2

It is straightforward to calculate
   
∂ `1 1 ∂`1 `1 ∂`2
= −
∂t `2 `2 ∂t ` ∂t
2 
1 X ∂`Fi `1 ∂`Fi
|AFi |2  − σFi
p
= 4`Fi −
`2 ∂`1 `2 ∂`2