For a unit-speed curve with nonzero curvature of a space curve , define the Frenet frameThe torsion of a space curve iswith this choice of convention.
For the requested example, take the unit-speed circleand the unit-speed circular helixBoth have the constant nonzero curvature , but their torsions are respectively and . A proper Euclidean motion of Euclidean three-space preserves torsion, so no such rigid motion relates the two curves.
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