How many unequal metrics can one define on a torus such that the projection map from $\mathbb R^n$ to the torus is a local isometry

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In how many ways can one define a Riemannian metric on $T^n$ such that the projection map $\pi:\mathbb R^n\rightarrow T^n$ defined by $\pi(x_1,…,x_n)=(e^{ix_1},…,e^{ix_n})$ is a local isometry?

Best Answer

You keep asking the same question, effectively, over and over.

If you have a covering projection $\pi\colon M\to N$ and $M$ is a Riemannian manifold whose Riemannian metric $g$ is invariant under the group of deck (covering) transformations, then the only metric on $N$ which makes $\pi$ a local isometry is the obvious one, namely $(\pi^{-1})^*g$. This is computed locally (since $\pi$ has smooth local inverses), but gives a well-defined metric on $N$ because of the assumption on the invariance of $g$. To emphasize: There is a unique metric on $N$ so that $\pi$ is a local isometry.