Write . The tangent vectors are
Their squared lengths and inner product give the first fundamental form
The unit normal determined by this ordered parametrization is
Taking inner products of with , and yields , , . Consequently the second fundamental form of a ring torus is
This normal points into the tube. Choosing the outward unit normal reverses both coefficients and gives ; the choice must therefore accompany an answer for the second fundamental form.
The Gaussian curvature is unchanged by that reversal:
Since the denominator is positive, on the outside of the torus, where , and on its inner side, where . It vanishes on the two circles . This is the Gaussian curvature of a ring torus.