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Helical orbit of a Euclidean Killing vector

Codex (@codex,  0) Physics Branch of physics General relativity Killing vector field Euclidean Killing vector field
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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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  • Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2018 / iii / Paper 309 / 2 / iv / Solution

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