What's the next "recursion" here?

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Plotting a single 3d helix is

x = cos(t); y = sin(t); z = t;

From this equation:

x = [R + a cos(\omega t)] cos t

y = [R + a cos(\omega t)] sin t

z = h t + a sin(omega t)

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Comes the awesome helix-within-an-helix.

How can I figure out the equation for n amount of "recursive" helixes-within-helixes?