Clarification for question: Homomorphisms from $\Bbb Z / n \to \Bbb C_{\ne 0}$

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Please don't solve the problem - it is for an assignment - this is just a question for clarification purposes.


Let $G$ be a group and $\hat G$ be the set of homomorphisms from $G$ to the group of non-zero complex numbers.

Q: Show that $\hat{Z/n}$ is a cyclic group of order $n$.

SubQ: Define a binary operation on $\hat G$ as follows: If $\alpha,\beta \in \hat G$ we let $\alpha \circ \beta $ be the function that maps $\alpha \circ \beta:g\mapsto \alpha(g) \beta(g) $

I have already done this part.


My question: Do they want to to show that the group of all homomorphisms as defined by the mapping above from $\Bbb Z / n\Bbb Z$ to $\Bbb C_{\ne 0}$, is a cyclic group itself and that this cyclic group has $n$ elements?