Solution

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The helicoid has no angular identification: its height coordinate is . Consequently
The catenoid has total curvature . A global Riemannian isometry preserves both the Gaussian curvature and the area element, hence preserves total curvature. Therefore
The same obstruction is visible in the parameter map: increasing by gives a different point of the helicoid but the same point of the catenoid.

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