Differential geometry MOC

Ricci curvature

Let be a -manifold equipped with an affine connexion giving Riemannian curvature . The Ricci curvature is the tensor field given by the trace

A manifold with null Ricci curvature is said to be Ricci flat.

Properties

See also the properties of the Levi-Civita connexion.

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