Is the projection from $\mathbb R^n$ locally isometric to the flat torus

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I’m reading a problem asking to introduce a Riemannian metric on $T^n$ in such a way that the projection $\pi(x_1,…,x_n)=(\exp(ix_1),…,\exp(ix_n))$ from $\mathbb R^n$ to $T^n$ is a local isometry. Does the flat metric apply here?

By definition, flat torus is defined as the product of n copies of the Riemannian manifold $S^1$ with its metric induced by $\mathbb R$.

Best Answer

Yes; both of these spaces are "flat" in the sense that the curvature of the Riemannian metric is identically zero.