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Examples of Group Actions
Cyclic Group on Polygon
Consider the cyclic group $C_n$ defined as $\gen g$ whose identity is $e$.
Let $P_n$ be a regular $n$-sided polygon.
Then $C_n$ acts on on $P_n$ by the mapping for which, for each vertex $x$ of $P_n$: