Another solution. The points are vertices of a regular septagon. It follows from the rotational symmetry of the polygon that: Log in to Reply
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. Its eigenvalues are 
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Another solution.
The points
are vertices of a regular septagon. It follows from the rotational symmetry of the polygon that: