On the Craig--Sakamoto theorem and Olkin's determinantal result (Q1870082)

\textit{I. Olkin} [Linear Algebra Appl. 264, 217-223 (1997; Zbl 0887.15009)], \textit{M. Marcus} [ibid. 277, 237-238 (1998; Zbl 0934.15015)], and \textit{C.-K. Li} [ibid. 321, 281-283 (2000; Zbl 0973.15005)] have given recent proofs of the Craig Sakamoto theorem. The author formulates this theorem for complex normal matrices and adds a further proof, based on the observation that for symmetric \(S,T\), of respective sizes \(n\times n\) and \(m\times m,\) there holds \(\det(I_n-yS)=\det(I_m-yT)\) for some \(k>\max\{\text{rank} S, \text{rank} T \}\) complex \(y\)s iff \(S\) and \(T\) have the same set of nonzero eigenvalues counting multiplicities.