Zero-rotation locus conjecture for the circumcenter map of regular polygons

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Let P\mathcal{P} be a regular nn-gon, with n≥3n\geq 3, and let P′=CMn(P)\mathcal{P}'=\mathcal{C}_M^n(\mathcal{P}). Write α\alpha for the angle of rotation in the similarity taking P\mathcal{P} to P′\mathcal{P}'. Zero-rotation locus conjecture. The locus of points MM such that α=0\alpha=0 is the union of nn lines through the centroid of P\mathcal{P}, with directions kπ/nk\pi/n for k=0,…,n−1k=0,\ldots,n-1. This claim is presented as a conjecture following computational and visual evidence, and no proof or resolution is supplied.

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Nicholas McDonald, Ronaldo Garcia and Dan Reznik, “Exploring the Dynamics of the Circumcenter Map”, arXiv:2202.02551 (2022).

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