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Is there any way to find all matrices $G in SL(n,mathbb Z)$ such that there exists a matrix $A in GL(n,mathbb R)$ satisfying
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AGA^{-1} in SO(n,mathbb R)?
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    Yes, these are matrices with finite order. It's an exercise, not really research level.
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Is there any way to find all matrices $G in SL(n,mathbb Z)$ such that there exists a matrix $A in GL(n,mathbb R)$ satisfying
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AGA^{-1} in SO(n,mathbb R)?
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Is there any way to find all matrices $G in SL(n,mathbb Z)$ such that there exists a matrix $A in GL(n,mathbb R)$ satisfying
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AGA^{-1} in SO(n,mathbb R)?
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Is there any way to find all matrices $G in SL(n,mathbb Z)$ such that there exists a matrix $A in GL(n,mathbb R)$ satisfying
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    Yes, these are matrices with finite order. It's an exercise, not really research level.
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    Yes, these are matrices with finite order. It's an exercise, not really research level.
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Yes, these are matrices with finite order. It's an exercise, not really research level.
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These are exactly the finite-order elements:




  1. If $G in text{SL}(n,mathbb{Z})$ has finite order, then there exists an inner product preserved by $G$ (take an arbitrary inner product and add up its images under all powers of $G$). Changing bases to an orthonormal basis for this invariant inner product has the effect of conjugating $G$ into the orthogonal group.


  2. Conversely, if $G in text{SL}(n,mathbb{Z})$ is such that there exists some $A in text{GL}(n,mathbb{R})$ with $A G A^{-1} in text{SO}(n,mathbb{R})$, then since $A cdot text{SL}(n,mathbb{Z}) cdot A^{-1}$ is a discrete subgroup of $text{GL}(n,mathbb{R})$, its intersection with the compact group $text{SO}(n,mathbb{R})$ is a finite group, and thus $G$ has finite order.







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    These are exactly the finite-order elements:




    1. If $G in text{SL}(n,mathbb{Z})$ has finite order, then there exists an inner product preserved by $G$ (take an arbitrary inner product and add up its images under all powers of $G$). Changing bases to an orthonormal basis for this invariant inner product has the effect of conjugating $G$ into the orthogonal group.


    2. Conversely, if $G in text{SL}(n,mathbb{Z})$ is such that there exists some $A in text{GL}(n,mathbb{R})$ with $A G A^{-1} in text{SO}(n,mathbb{R})$, then since $A cdot text{SL}(n,mathbb{Z}) cdot A^{-1}$ is a discrete subgroup of $text{GL}(n,mathbb{R})$, its intersection with the compact group $text{SO}(n,mathbb{R})$ is a finite group, and thus $G$ has finite order.







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      These are exactly the finite-order elements:




      1. If $G in text{SL}(n,mathbb{Z})$ has finite order, then there exists an inner product preserved by $G$ (take an arbitrary inner product and add up its images under all powers of $G$). Changing bases to an orthonormal basis for this invariant inner product has the effect of conjugating $G$ into the orthogonal group.


      2. Conversely, if $G in text{SL}(n,mathbb{Z})$ is such that there exists some $A in text{GL}(n,mathbb{R})$ with $A G A^{-1} in text{SO}(n,mathbb{R})$, then since $A cdot text{SL}(n,mathbb{Z}) cdot A^{-1}$ is a discrete subgroup of $text{GL}(n,mathbb{R})$, its intersection with the compact group $text{SO}(n,mathbb{R})$ is a finite group, and thus $G$ has finite order.







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        These are exactly the finite-order elements:




        1. If $G in text{SL}(n,mathbb{Z})$ has finite order, then there exists an inner product preserved by $G$ (take an arbitrary inner product and add up its images under all powers of $G$). Changing bases to an orthonormal basis for this invariant inner product has the effect of conjugating $G$ into the orthogonal group.


        2. Conversely, if $G in text{SL}(n,mathbb{Z})$ is such that there exists some $A in text{GL}(n,mathbb{R})$ with $A G A^{-1} in text{SO}(n,mathbb{R})$, then since $A cdot text{SL}(n,mathbb{Z}) cdot A^{-1}$ is a discrete subgroup of $text{GL}(n,mathbb{R})$, its intersection with the compact group $text{SO}(n,mathbb{R})$ is a finite group, and thus $G$ has finite order.







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        These are exactly the finite-order elements:




        1. If $G in text{SL}(n,mathbb{Z})$ has finite order, then there exists an inner product preserved by $G$ (take an arbitrary inner product and add up its images under all powers of $G$). Changing bases to an orthonormal basis for this invariant inner product has the effect of conjugating $G$ into the orthogonal group.


        2. Conversely, if $G in text{SL}(n,mathbb{Z})$ is such that there exists some $A in text{GL}(n,mathbb{R})$ with $A G A^{-1} in text{SO}(n,mathbb{R})$, then since $A cdot text{SL}(n,mathbb{Z}) cdot A^{-1}$ is a discrete subgroup of $text{GL}(n,mathbb{R})$, its intersection with the compact group $text{SO}(n,mathbb{R})$ is a finite group, and thus $G$ has finite order.








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