What is the rotation index of a figure 8?

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Is it 0 since the total turning angle covers one clockwise circle and one counterclockwise circle thus making the total 0 and the rotation index 0?

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Yes, assuming you have a nice differentiable path (so that in fact you go around the two loops with opposite orientations).