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Topology of windings on the two-torus

In short my question is: what can we say about the quotient topology induced by the linear flow on a two-torus? I know that an irrational slope leads to a dense winding and hence (if I'm not mistaken) ...
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Faithful locally free circle actions on a torus must be free?

Is it true that every faithful and locally smooth action $S^1 \curvearrowright T^n$ is free? I know such an action must induce an injection $\rho:\pi_1(S^1)\to\pi_1(T^n)$. Another related question is: ...
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