Abstract

We prove the following simple uniqueness theorem: Let A and B be two integral symmetric matrices with the same irreducible characteristic polynomial. If there exist rational orthogonal matrices Q such that B = Q T A Q , then Q is unique up to a sign. An application of the theorem to the reconstruction conjecture is provided.

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