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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2016 ib Paper 4 15F b Solution by
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The generating circle has , and its revolution is a torus. From part (a), and the area element of a surface is . ThereforeThe positive Gaussian curvature on the outer side exactly cancels the negative curvature on the inner side. Equivalently, the Gauss-Bonnet theorem gives because the Euler characteristic of the torus is zero.
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