I'm trying to derive a formula for the number of distinct bracelets made up of n beads (n prime), with k possible colors for each bead, if the permitted symmetries consist of rotations and refections.
Rotations:
The identity element fixescolorings and the other
rotations fix k colorings.
Reflections:
Each reflection about the n beads fixescolorings.
So the number of distinct bracelets is
Firstly, is this correct? And secondly, why does this formula not work if m is an odd composite?


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