Putnam 2004 B4
- Session B
Let be a positive integer, , and put . Define points in the -plane, for . Let be the map that rotates the plane counterclockwise by the angle about the point . Let denote the map obtained by applying, in order, , then , then . For an arbitrary point , find, and simplify, the coordinates of .
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Solutions
Human solution Solution 1 by Kiran Kedlaya and Lenny Ng
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