How do I find the line element on a torus?

[robousy]

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

 

[nicksauce]

You can find a detailed discussion here.

http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Torus.html

 

[robousy]

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.

:)