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Consider the tri<strong>an</strong>gle formed by these 3 points: z1, z3 <strong>an</strong>d z3. If z1 <strong>is</strong><br />

one vertex, then z2 <strong>is</strong> obtained by rotating the position vector of z1<br />

by 2π/3 in <strong>an</strong>ti-clockw<strong>is</strong>e sense. Likew<strong>is</strong>e, z3 <strong>is</strong> obtained by rotating<br />

the position vector of z2 by the same amount. Hence, z1, z2 <strong>an</strong>d<br />

z3 are the vertices of <strong>an</strong> equilateral tri<strong>an</strong>gle inscribed on the unit<br />

circle: |z| = <strong>1.</strong><br />

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