\documentclass[border=5mm]{standalone} \usepackage{luamplib} \begin{document} \mplibtextextlabel{enable} \begin{mplibcode} beginfig(1); path C; C = fullcircle scaled 100; draw C withcolor 2/3 red; for i=0 upto 11: drawdot point 2/3 i of C withpen pencircle scaled dotlabeldiam; label("$p_{" & decimal i & "}$", point 2/3 i of C scaled 1.2); endfor endfig; \end{mplibcode} \end{document}