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That would be harder, yes. Reading https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conical_spiral#Slope, you want a logarithmic spiral (you need a constant angle to make the problem make sense)

Luckily, arc length isn’t too gnarly for those (same Wikipedia page), but you still have one equation with two variables.

I would have to think hard about whether those give you a unique solution.

I also doubt that spiral would give you uniform coverage of the cone (and that probably, is the real requirement, not constant angles), but again, I would have to do some thinking.




oh, interesting variation for uniform coverage! that is indeed what i'd want for the tree. in building a road around a cone, a constant angle would be more desirable.




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