In mathematics, a solid torus is the topological space formed by sweeping a disk around a circle. It is homeomorphic to the Cartesian product of the disk and the circle, endowed with the product topology. A standard way to visualize a solid torus is as a toroid, embedded in 3-space. However, it should be distinguished from a torus, which has the same visual appearance: the torus is the two-dimensional space on the boundary of a toroid, while the solid torus includes also the compact interior space enclosed by the torus. Topological properties The solid torus is a connected, compact, orientable 3-dimensional manifold with boundary. The boundary is homeomorphic to , the ordinary torus. Since the disk is contractible, the solid torus has the homotopy type of a circle, . Therefore the fundamental group and homology groups are isomorphic to those of the circle: See also Cheerios Hyperbolic Dehn surgery Reeb foliation Whitehead manifold Donut References 3-manifolds