Eigenvalues of the Fibonacci–Redheffer matrix: the sharp enclosure Fᵢ<λᵢ<Fᵢ+1 for 3 ≤ n ≤ 64
Abstract
For n ≥ 1 let F_(R)(n) be the n × n integer matrix with (i,j) entry 1 if j=1, Fᵢ if i | j, and 0 otherwise, where Fᵢ is the i-th Fibonacci number: the Fibonacci-weighted analogue of Redheffer's matrix introduced by Doumas and Psarrakos. They prove that the eigenvalues λ₁<…<λₙ of F_(R)(n) are real and simple, that -1<λ₁<0, and that Fᵢ<λᵢ<Fᵢ₊₁ for 2 ≤ i ≤ n-1; the sharp upper bound λᵢ<Fᵢ+1 they obtain only for i=2 and i=3 and, when n ≥ 10, for i ≥ ⌊ n/2⌋+2, their Gersgorin bound on the middle band being λᵢ<Fᵢ+2. We prove that for every n with 3 ≤ n ≤ 64, every complex eigenvalue of F_(R)(n) is real and lies in (-1,0) ∪ bigcupᵢ₌₂ⁿ(Fᵢ,Fᵢ+1). Combined with their theorem this gives -1<λ₁<0 and Fᵢ<λᵢ<Fᵢ+1 for every i=2,…,n and every such n, settling the sharp bound at 916 pairs (n,i) that their results leave open. The proof is one certificate per n: an explicit integer polynomial of degree n that annihilates F_(R)(n), together with 2n exact integer sign evaluations. The certificate check is machine-checked, so each n is a theorem rather than the report of a computation. We also record, as a note on quantifiers, that three statements of Doumas and Psarrakos need the hypothesis n ≥ 3 they do not carry: F_(R)(2) is the all-ones matrix, singular, with (1,-1) an eigenvector for the eigenvalue 0. Their paper records the case n=2 elsewhere, and its substance is unaffected. Controls show that the enclosing intervals can be neither halved nor shifted.
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FRE1candidate2026-09-03
For every 3 ≤ n ≤ 64, every complex eigenvalue of the Fibonacci–Redheffer matrix F_R(n) is real and lies in (-1,0) ∪ ⋃ᵢ₌₂ⁿ (Fᵢ, Fᵢ+1); with the source's own Bolzano theorem this gives Fᵢ < λᵢ < Fᵢ + 1 for every i, closing on that window the sharp bound the source leaves open for 4 ≤ i ≤ ⌊n/2⌋+1
FRE2known data2026-09-03
FR n is the matrix printed in arXiv:2511.13627v2 (F_R(8) entry for entry) and reproduces the source's determinants det F_R(n) for n = 1…6
FRE3correction2026-09-03
Missing hypothesis in arXiv:2511.13627v2: F_R(2) is the all-ones matrix, singular, with eigenvalues 0 and 2; (1,-1) is an explicit eigenvector for 0, so λ₁ = 0 and the source's theoremBolzano (λ₁ < 0), theoremL1 (-1 < λ₁ < 0) and its summary sentence "the determinant of F_R(n) is negative, and thus F_R(n) is nonsingular and its eigenvalues are nonzero" are all false as stated — each needs n ≥ 3
FRE4routine2026-09-03
Sharpness and placement controls: the width-1 windows cannot be halved (χ₃ has no root in (F₃, F₃+½)), sliding every window down by one destroys the sign changes at n = 12, and c12 does not annihilate a matrix one entry away from F_R(12)
FRE5routine2026-09-03
Control (the all-ones identity at n = 2): F_R(2) is the all-ones 2 x 2 matrix, listed entry for entry – the identity the degenerate-case correction FRE3 and Proposition 6.1 of the paper rest on.
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- Eigenvalue localisation for the Fibonacci–Redheffer matrix of A.V. Doumas and P.J. Psarrakos, *The Fibonacci–Redheffer matrix and its properties*, arXiv:2511.13627 (math.NT; v1 2025-11-17, v2 2026-04-07).
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