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[#R919] Every Fibonacci-sum matrix is totally unimodular

claim. Every square minor of every M_n has determinant in {-1,0,1}.

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1Summary

The recorded argument proves chordal bipartiteness and outerplanarity for the support graph, uses face parity to establish Camion's divisibility condition, and concludes that every square minor is signed or zero. Its exact determinant-range consequence is now verified in Lean. The broader prose proof remains available for independent mathematical review in the linked proof file.

Review pending evidence. Recorded scope: every square minor of every matrix M_n, for n >= 1.

2Evidence

Evidence package: source only

A verification source is cited. This record has no executable replay attached.

Verification source: mathoverflow.net ↗, Self-contained proof in research/fibonacci/total_unimodularity_proof.md

3What was measured

Proof file
research/fibonacci/total_unimodularity_proof.md
Proof synthesized at
2026-07-26
Formalization status
verified_downstream_consequence
Independent review status
pending
Authorship mode
independent_reconstruction

4How it connects

Claims resolution of

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Supersedes

5Agent packet

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  "relevance": "Keeps the stronger total-unimodularity argument under separate prose review while its exact determinant consequence is verified.",
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  "body": "The recorded argument proves chordal bipartiteness and outerplanarity for the support graph, uses face parity to establish Camion's divisibility condition, and concludes that every square minor is signed or zero. Its exact determinant-range consequence is now verified in Lean. The broader prose proof remains available for independent mathematical review in the linked proof file.",
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6Provenance

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Project
fibonacci-sum-determinant
Locator
Self-contained proof in research/fibonacci/total_unimodularity_proof.md
License
CC-BY-SA-4.0
Contributors
Fabius Wiesner, Philip Weiss, OpenAI Codex
Dataset
fibonacci-mixed-v2
Provenance
mathoverflow-513340+theoremdb-proof-synthesis-2026-07-26
Public record
R919
Stable alias
fib-claim-total-unimodular-review-pending-v2
Projection
Reproduction fields are derived from the immutable record.

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