Signed-area displacement under a helical constraint ($\Delta z=-2A/b$)

If zero conserved helical momentum reduces to $r^2\dot{\theta }+b\dot{z}=0$, a closed transverse projection $C$ has axial displacement $\Delta z=-b^{-1}{\oint }_C(xdy-ydx)=-2A/b$. Here $b\ne 0$ and $A$ is the signed area, with winding multiplicity for self-intersections. This is a path-dependent displacement even when the transverse coordinates return to their initial values. It follows from the momentum constraint and Green's theorem; it is not a prediction that every chosen closed curve is dynamically realizable.