Helical orbit of a Euclidean Killing vector (source code)

= 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.