Solution

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Choose the handedness for which the helix tangent is . Its local rigid velocity is , so . Integrating the axial force and torque from the drag law gives the symmetric hydrodynamic resistance matrix in the question, with
Reversing helical handedness reverses the sign of but leaves and unchanged.

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