Show that a dashed spiral is not a submanifold.

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The problem : it is a submanifold ?

My works : I tried to write this as the following set :

$$ X = \left\{ (\theta,r) \mbox{ : } r - ab^{\theta} = 0 \mbox{, } (a,b) \in \left( \mathbb{R}^{+*} \right)^2 \right\} $$

but X cannot be the curve on the picture because there are "dots"... and I don't know how to write it.

Intuitively, it is not a submanifold but can you give me some indications to show it ?

Thanks you.