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ILL 1985 Problem 27

    Let OO be a point on the oriented Euclidean plane and (i,j)(\mathbf i, \mathbf j) a directly oriented orthonormal basis. Let CC be the circle of radius 11 , centered at OO . For every real number tt and non-negative integer nn let MnM_n be the point on CC for which ⟨i,OMn→⟩=cos⁡2nt.\langle \mathbf i , \overrightarrow{OM_n} \rangle = \cos 2^n t. (or OMn→=cos⁡2nti+sin⁡2ntj\overrightarrow{OM_n} =\cos 2^n t \mathbf i +\sin 2^n t \mathbf j ). Let k≥2k \geq 2 be an integer. Find all real numbers t∈[0,2π)t \in [0, 2\pi) that satisfy**(i)** M0=MkM_0 = M_k , and**(ii)** if one starts from M0M0 and goes once around CC in the positive direction, one meets successively the points M0,M1,…,Mk−2,Mk−1M_0,M_1, \dots,M_{k-2},M_{k-1} , in this order.

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