On a remarkable property of a matrix of Mark Kac (Q1810196)

A triangular submatrix extracted in a special way from the Mark Kac matrix has a remarkable spectral property: if the order of its columns is reversed, then half of the eigenvalues do not change, whereas the other half are multiplied by \(-1\). The fact that the changes in the eigenvalues of \[ K_m= \left[\begin{matrix} 1\\ &2m-2 & 3\\ && 2m-4 & 5\\ &&\ddots &\ddots\\ &&2 & 2m-1\end{matrix}\right] \] can be predicted was discovered and proved by the author but had no explanation until now. Such an explanation is given in this paper.