Method for determining the torque exerted on a rotating body that can be rotatably driven about an axis of rotation including a first and a second measuring transducer, which are disposed axially spaced apart from one another on the rotating body by means of a respective fastening element and comprise rings of fields having alternating differing signal behaviour which encircle the rotating body, wherein the relative arrangement between the ring of the first measuring transducer and the ring of the second measuring transducer is an open arrangement, wherein one measuring sensor, which receives an output signal from both measuring transducers together, is associated with both the first measuring transducer and the second measuring transducer, from which output signal a square wave signal is formed, from which constant values T i, which are a function of the geometry of the rings of the two measuring transducers, and variable values α i i, which are a function of the exerted torque, are determined in a first step from the edge separation of specific rising and/or falling edges of the square wave signal, wherein, in the case of an open arrangement between the ring of the first measuring transducer and the ring of the second measuring transducer, each individual shading element disposed on the ring-shaped elements generates a rising or falling edge in the square wave signal with both a leading edge and a trailing edge, wherein, in the case of an open arrangement of the two rings of the two measuring transducers with respect to one another, the constant values T i, T i ' are defined as the distance of a flank to the next but one similarly oriented flank or as the distance between two adjacent oppositely oriented flanks, in particular the distance between a rising edge and a subsequent falling edge, and the variable values α i, α i ' are defined as the distance between two adjacent opposite flanks, which are oriented opposite to the flanks used for the determination of the constant values, in particular the distance between a falling edge and a subsequent rising edge, or as the distance between two adjacent similarly oriented flanks, and that, in the case of an open arrangement of the two rings of the two measuring transducers with respect to one another, the constant values T mli, i=l...n, and the variable values α mli, i=l...n, associated with the first measuring transducer and the values T mli ', i=l...n, and the variable values α mli ', i=l...n, associated with the second measuring transducer are respectively summed over one or more complete revolutions of the unloaded, torque-free rotating body, and the torque-free relationships γ ml = α ml 1 + α ml 2 +... + α mln / T ml 1 + T ml 2 +... + T mln = ∑ i = 1 n a mli / ∑ i = 1 n T mli and γ ′ ml = α ′ ml 1 + α ′ ml2 +... + α ′ mln / T ′ ml 1 + T ′ ml 2 +... + T ′ mln = ∑ i = 1 n α ′ mli / ∑ i = 1 n T ′ mli are formed, wherein the γ ml and γ' ml values satisfy the following condition: γ ml < γ ′ ml wherein the constant values T mi, i=1...n, and the variable values α mi, i=1...n,, associated with the first measuring transducer and the constant values T mi ', i=1...n, and the variable values α mi ', i=1...n, associated with the second measuring transducer are respectively over one or more complete revolutions of the rotating body loaded with the torque to be determined, and the torque-loaded relationships γ m = α m 1 + α m 2 +... + α mn / T m 1 + T m 2 +... + T mn = ∑ i = 1 n α mi / ∑ i = 1 n T mi and γ ′ m = α ′ m 1 + α ′ m 2 +... + α ′ mn / T ′ m 1 + T ′ m 2 +... + T ′ mn = ∑ i = 1 n α ′ mi / ∑ i = 1 n T ′ mi are formed, wherein the γ m and γ' m values satisfy the following condition: γ m < γ ′ m wherein the work on the torque-loaded rotating body is determined from the equations W = ∫ 0 2 ⁢ π M ⁢ d ⁢ φ = M ̅ 2 ⁢ π ≈ | γ m − γ ml | k and W ‵ = ∫ 0 2 ⁢ π M ‵ d ⁢ φ = M ̅ ‵ 2 ⁢ π ≈ | γ ′ m − γ ′ ml | k, wherein k is a calibration constant and φ is the angle of rotation of the rotating body, and wherein the total torque is determined by M + M ', wherein M ̅ = W / 2 ⁢ π ≈ | γ m − γ ml | k / 2 ⁢ π and M ̅ ‵ = W ‵ / 2 ⁢ π ≈ | γ ′ m − γ ′ ml | k / 2 ⁢ π ⁢.