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The Tangent Indicatrix of a Curve of Constant Precession is a spherical helix. The equation of a
spherical helix on a Sphere with Radius making an Angle
with the
-axis is
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(2) |
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(3) |
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See also Helix, Loxodrome, Spherical Spiral
References
Scofield, P. D. ``Curves of Constant Precession.'' Amer. Math. Monthly 102, 531-537, 1995.