How do I find the line element on a torus?

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Hey folks,

Does anyone know how to get the line element on a torus? The ds^2 term.

I want to find the metric for toroidal geometry.

Any help appreciated!

Richard
 
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Hey Nick,

Thanks, I'd already looked there and thought it was no good for what I wanted, but a second deeper looked showed that it does have the metric shown there so thanks for tip.

:)
 
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