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We have a regular n-gone (polygon with N sides) whose tops are numbered 0, 1..., n-1, where top I follows the top i-1 in the anti-clockwise order. For entire positive T < = N, an anti-clockwise rotation by an angle of 360t/n degrees sends top 0 towards the top T. Show that the smallest strictly positive number of anti-clockwise rotations by 360t/n degrees which sends to the top 0 to itself is n/pgcd(t, n). Deduct that N rotations anti-clockwise by 360t/n degrees are necessary to send to the top 0 to itself if and only if PGCD(t, n)=1.
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