Helical orbit of a Euclidean Killing vector

ID: helical-orbit-of-a-euclidean-killing-vector

An infinitesimal rotation in one coordinate plane plus a constant translation has integral curves of a vector field that rotate about a shifted centre in that plane and move uniformly in the remaining directions. Nonzero transverse drift gives helices; zero drift gives circles, with zero radius allowing straight or stationary curves.

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