The Minimum Distance of Unshifted Spherical Fibonacci Lattices
Manuscript 27 October 2026 · Online 27 October 2026
Abstract
For every Fibonacci number N=F_n>=2, we prove that the unshifted rational spherical Fibonacci lattice has least Euclidean distance2/sqrt(N), uniquely attained by the north pole and the next point. This answers the separation question in Brauchart's contribution to Oberwolfach Report40/2012,p2438 (UnsolvedMath OWR-12012-001). The proof combines a global Lambert-map distance inequality with Zaremba's classical formula for the Fibonacci lattice figure of merit. More generally, a rational N-point Lambert lift with Zaremba index rho>=N/4 has exactly this minimum; rho>N/4 also gives uniqueness. The construction includes a pole and uses the exact rational Fibonacci angle; the claim does not concern the different shifted irrational Fibonacci spiral, discrepancy, or optimal packing among all point sets. The four-page written proof is accompanied by symbolic and integer regression checks and separately labelled floating-point diagnostics. This is a self-audited, unrefereed preprint prepared with AI assistance, without independent review, formal proof-assistant verification, or an absolute-priority claim.
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- Affiliation
- Mercury Software GmbH
- Contact
- [email protected] · GitHub
- Result
- Complete proof
- Categories
- math.MG · math.NT · math.NA
- Manuscript
- 27 October 2026
- Online release
- 27 October 2026
- Version
- 1.0
- License
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
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Citation
Alper Ferudun, “The Minimum Distance of Unshifted Spherical Fibonacci Lattices,” EulerSolve Research Papers, OWR-12012-001, 2026. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23681420.
BibTeX
@misc{ferudun2026fibonacciseparation,
author = {Ferudun, Alper},
title = {The Minimum Distance of Unshifted Spherical Fibonacci Lattices},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {EulerSolve Research Papers},
url = {https://eulersolve.org/papers/owr-12012-001/},
doi = {10.5281/zenodo.23681420},
note = {OWR-12012-001; unrefereed preprint}
}