A particle is confined to move on the surface of a circular cone with its axis on the z-axis, vertex at the origin (pointing down), and half-angle α. What is its degrees of freedom?

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 A particle is confined to move on the surface of a circular cone with its axis on the z-axis, vertex at the origin (pointing down), and half-angle α. What is its degrees of freedom?

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