Riemann curvature tensor

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}+\Lambda g_{\mu \nu }={\kappa }T_{\mu \nu }}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msub> <mi>G</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>μ</mi> <mi>ν</mi> </mrow> </msub> <mo>+</mo> <mi mathvariant="normal">Λ</mi> <msub> <mi>g</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>μ</mi> <mi>ν</mi> </mrow> </msub> <mo>=</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>κ</mi> </mrow> <msub> <mi>T</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>μ</mi> <mi>ν</mi> </mrow> </msub> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle G_{\mu \nu }+\Lambda g_{\mu \nu }={\kappa }T_{\mu \nu }}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/124ab80fcb17e2733cc17ff6f93da5e52f355c77" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -1.005ex; width:19.468ex; height:2.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle G_{\mu \nu }+\Lambda g_{\mu \nu }={\kappa }T_{\mu \nu 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It assigns a <a href="/wiki/Tensor" title="Tensor">tensor</a> to each point of a <a href="/wiki/Riemannian_manifold" title="Riemannian manifold">Riemannian manifold</a> (i.e., it is a <a href="/wiki/Tensor_field" title="Tensor field">tensor field</a>). It is a local invariant of Riemannian metrics which measures the failure of the second <a href="/wiki/Covariant_derivative" title="Covariant derivative">covariant derivatives</a> to commute. A Riemannian manifold has zero curvature if and only if it is <i>flat</i>, i.e. locally <a href="/wiki/Isometry" title="Isometry">isometric</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Euclidean_space" title="Euclidean space">Euclidean space</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELee2018193_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELee2018193-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The curvature tensor can also be defined for any <a href="/wiki/Pseudo-Riemannian_manifold" title="Pseudo-Riemannian manifold">pseudo-Riemannian manifold</a>, or indeed any manifold equipped with an <a href="/wiki/Affine_connection" title="Affine connection">affine connection</a>. </p><p>It is a central mathematical tool in the theory of <a href="/wiki/General_relativity" title="General relativity">general relativity</a>, the modern theory of <a href="/wiki/Gravity" title="Gravity">gravity</a>. The curvature of <a href="/wiki/Spacetime" title="Spacetime">spacetime</a> is in principle observable via the <a href="/wiki/Geodesic_deviation_equation" class="mw-redirect" title="Geodesic deviation equation">geodesic deviation equation</a>. The curvature tensor represents the <a href="/wiki/Tidal_force" title="Tidal force">tidal force</a> experienced by a rigid body moving along a <a href="/wiki/Geodesic" title="Geodesic">geodesic</a> in a sense made precise by the <a href="/wiki/Jacobi_field" title="Jacobi field">Jacobi equation</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Definition">Definition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Riemann_curvature_tensor&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Definition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Let <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle (M,g)}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mi>M</mi> <mo>,</mo> <mi>g</mi> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle (M,g)}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/68e27d2e539fd0c3a9a7efab6257abd17de7fc57" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:6.401ex; height:2.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle (M,g)}"></span> be a <a href="/wiki/Riemannian_manifold" title="Riemannian manifold">Riemannian</a> or <a href="/wiki/Pseudo-Riemannian_manifold" title="Pseudo-Riemannian manifold">pseudo-Riemannian manifold</a>, and <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle {\mathfrak {X}}(M)}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi mathvariant="fraktur">X</mi> </mrow> </mrow> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mi>M</mi> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle {\mathfrak {X}}(M)}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/98adcdb076cb8069c2d19d06030cf7e2c2f237f3" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:5.923ex; height:2.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle {\mathfrak {X}}(M)}"></span> be the space of all <a href="/wiki/Vector_field" title="Vector field">vector fields</a> on <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle M}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>M</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle M}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/f82cade9898ced02fdd08712e5f0c0151758a0dd" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:2.442ex; height:2.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle M}"></span>. We define the <b>Riemann curvature tensor</b> as a map <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle {\mathfrak {X}}(M)\times {\mathfrak {X}}(M)\times {\mathfrak {X}}(M)\rightarrow {\mathfrak {X}}(M)}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi mathvariant="fraktur">X</mi> </mrow> </mrow> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mi>M</mi> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> <mo>×</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi mathvariant="fraktur">X</mi> </mrow> </mrow> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mi>M</mi> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> <mo>×</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi mathvariant="fraktur">X</mi> </mrow> </mrow> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mi>M</mi> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> <mo stretchy="false">→</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi mathvariant="fraktur">X</mi> </mrow> </mrow> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mi>M</mi> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle {\mathfrak {X}}(M)\times {\mathfrak {X}}(M)\times {\mathfrak {X}}(M)\rightarrow {\mathfrak {X}}(M)}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/d25bb6babec5ea2c38ac62c20a738bc5413c005f" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:32.985ex; height:2.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle {\mathfrak {X}}(M)\times {\mathfrak {X}}(M)\times {\mathfrak {X}}(M)\rightarrow {\mathfrak {X}}(M)}"></span> by the following formula<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELee2018196_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELee2018196-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle \nabla }"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi mathvariant="normal">∇</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle \nabla }</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/a3d0e93b78c50237f9ea83d027e4ebbdaef354b2" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:1.936ex; height:2.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle \nabla }"></span> is the <a href="/wiki/Levi-Civita_connection" title="Levi-Civita connection">Levi-Civita connection</a>: </p> <dl><dd><span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle R(X,Y)Z=\nabla _{X}\nabla _{Y}Z-\nabla _{Y}\nabla _{X}Z-\nabla _{[X,Y]}Z}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>R</mi> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mi>X</mi> <mo>,</mo> <mi>Y</mi> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> <mi>Z</mi> <mo>=</mo> <msub> <mi mathvariant="normal">∇</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>X</mi> </mrow> </msub> <msub> <mi mathvariant="normal">∇</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>Y</mi> </mrow> </msub> <mi>Z</mi> <mo>−</mo> <msub> <mi mathvariant="normal">∇</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>Y</mi> </mrow> </msub> <msub> <mi mathvariant="normal">∇</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>X</mi> </mrow> </msub> <mi>Z</mi> <mo>−</mo> <msub> <mi mathvariant="normal">∇</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mo stretchy="false">[</mo> <mi>X</mi> <mo>,</mo> <mi>Y</mi> <mo stretchy="false">]</mo> </mrow> </msub> <mi>Z</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle R(X,Y)Z=\nabla _{X}\nabla _{Y}Z-\nabla _{Y}\nabla _{X}Z-\nabla _{[X,Y]}Z}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/6a30a969d5b599e29c8ef7fc0344b823845e5865" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -1.171ex; width:44.036ex; height:3.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle R(X,Y)Z=\nabla _{X}\nabla _{Y}Z-\nabla _{Y}\nabla _{X}Z-\nabla _{[X,Y]}Z}"></span></dd></dl> <p>or equivalently </p> <dl><dd><span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle R(X,Y)=[\nabla _{X},\nabla _{Y}]-\nabla _{[X,Y]}}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>R</mi> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mi>X</mi> <mo>,</mo> <mi>Y</mi> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> <mo>=</mo> <mo stretchy="false">[</mo> <msub> <mi mathvariant="normal">∇</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>X</mi> </mrow> </msub> <mo>,</mo> <msub> <mi mathvariant="normal">∇</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>Y</mi> </mrow> </msub> <mo stretchy="false">]</mo> <mo>−</mo> <msub> <mi mathvariant="normal">∇</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mo stretchy="false">[</mo> <mi>X</mi> <mo>,</mo> <mi>Y</mi> <mo stretchy="false">]</mo> </mrow> </msub> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle R(X,Y)=[\nabla _{X},\nabla _{Y}]-\nabla _{[X,Y]}}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/6213ec08b244f551f3abb12fd05c9352ea337d08" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -1.171ex; width:29.812ex; height:3.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle R(X,Y)=[\nabla _{X},\nabla _{Y}]-\nabla _{[X,Y]}}"></span></dd></dl> <p>where <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle [X,Y]}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mo stretchy="false">[</mo> <mi>X</mi> <mo>,</mo> <mi>Y</mi> <mo stretchy="false">]</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle [X,Y]}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/94470b44d283fde62130212956058ca6b727da37" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:6.081ex; height:2.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle [X,Y]}"></span> is the <a href="/wiki/Lie_bracket_of_vector_fields" title="Lie bracket of vector fields">Lie bracket of vector fields</a> and <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle [\nabla _{X},\nabla _{Y}]}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mo stretchy="false">[</mo> <msub> <mi mathvariant="normal">∇</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>X</mi> </mrow> </msub> <mo>,</mo> <msub> <mi mathvariant="normal">∇</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>Y</mi> </mrow> </msub> <mo stretchy="false">]</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle [\nabla _{X},\nabla _{Y}]}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/f14a9375ccac5a4b17f4da5a35e2fab48e427930" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:9.318ex; height:2.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle [\nabla _{X},\nabla _{Y}]}"></span> is a commutator of differential operators. It turns out that the right-hand side actually only depends on the value of the vector fields <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle X,Y,Z}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>X</mi> <mo>,</mo> <mi>Y</mi> <mo>,</mo> <mi>Z</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle X,Y,Z}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/bcf4a8b48db1a32d24aabe164b07744069093225" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.671ex; width:7.502ex; height:2.509ex;" alt="{\displaystyle X,Y,Z}"></span> at a given point, which is notable since the covariant derivative of a vector field also depends on the field values in a neighborhood of the point. Hence, <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle R}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>R</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle R}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/4b0bfb3769bf24d80e15374dc37b0441e2616e33" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:1.764ex; height:2.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle R}"></span> is a <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle (1,3)}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mn>1</mn> <mo>,</mo> <mn>3</mn> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle (1,3)}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/8c80e593e3953231c56d0887f5b247bbe517461f" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:5.168ex; height:2.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle (1,3)}"></span>-tensor field. For fixed <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle X,Y}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>X</mi> <mo>,</mo> <mi>Y</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle X,Y}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/b8705438171d938b7f59cd1bfa5b7d99b6afa5cd" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.671ex; width:4.787ex; height:2.509ex;" alt="{\displaystyle X,Y}"></span>, the linear transformation <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle Z\mapsto R(X,Y)Z}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>Z</mi> <mo stretchy="false">↦</mo> <mi>R</mi> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mi>X</mi> <mo>,</mo> <mi>Y</mi> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> <mi>Z</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle Z\mapsto R(X,Y)Z}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/fa5c82dbd34c4ad9566cb92439c914ec57af0e5d" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:15.335ex; height:2.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle Z\mapsto R(X,Y)Z}"></span> is also called the <i>curvature transformation</i> or <i>endomorphism</i>. Occasionally, the curvature tensor is defined with the opposite sign. </p><p>The curvature tensor measures <i>noncommutativity of the covariant derivative</i>, and as such is the <a href="/wiki/Integrability_condition" class="mw-redirect" title="Integrability condition">integrability obstruction</a> for the existence of an isometry with Euclidean space (called, in this context, <i>flat</i> space). </p><p>Since the Levi-Civita connection is torsion-free, its curvature can also be expressed in terms of the <a href="/wiki/Second_covariant_derivative" title="Second covariant derivative">second covariant derivative</a><sup id="cite_ref-lawson_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lawson-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dd><span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\textstyle \nabla _{X,Y}^{2}Z=\nabla _{X}\nabla _{Y}Z-\nabla _{\nabla _{X}Y}Z}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="false" scriptlevel="0"> <msubsup> <mi mathvariant="normal">∇</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>X</mi> <mo>,</mo> <mi>Y</mi> </mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>2</mn> </mrow> </msubsup> <mi>Z</mi> <mo>=</mo> <msub> <mi mathvariant="normal">∇</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>X</mi> </mrow> </msub> <msub> <mi mathvariant="normal">∇</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>Y</mi> </mrow> </msub> <mi>Z</mi> <mo>−</mo> <msub> <mi mathvariant="normal">∇</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <msub> <mi mathvariant="normal">∇</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>X</mi> </mrow> </msub> <mi>Y</mi> </mrow> </msub> <mi>Z</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\textstyle \nabla _{X,Y}^{2}Z=\nabla _{X}\nabla _{Y}Z-\nabla _{\nabla _{X}Y}Z}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/289cb03062649733ae7c24c31291957d2aa4a390" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -1.338ex; width:29.342ex; height:3.509ex;" alt="{\textstyle \nabla _{X,Y}^{2}Z=\nabla _{X}\nabla _{Y}Z-\nabla _{\nabla _{X}Y}Z}"></span></dd></dl> <p>which depends only on the values of <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle X,Y}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>X</mi> <mo>,</mo> <mi>Y</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle X,Y}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/b8705438171d938b7f59cd1bfa5b7d99b6afa5cd" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.671ex; width:4.787ex; height:2.509ex;" alt="{\displaystyle X,Y}"></span> at a point. The curvature can then be written as </p> <dl><dd><span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle R(X,Y)=\nabla _{X,Y}^{2}-\nabla _{Y,X}^{2}}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>R</mi> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mi>X</mi> <mo>,</mo> <mi>Y</mi> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> <mo>=</mo> <msubsup> <mi mathvariant="normal">∇</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>X</mi> <mo>,</mo> <mi>Y</mi> </mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>2</mn> </mrow> </msubsup> <mo>−</mo> <msubsup> <mi mathvariant="normal">∇</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>Y</mi> <mo>,</mo> <mi>X</mi> </mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>2</mn> </mrow> </msubsup> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle R(X,Y)=\nabla _{X,Y}^{2}-\nabla _{Y,X}^{2}}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/e16332f6c2d2db7c22c3b01127e9abe2f74578b0" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -1.338ex; width:24.858ex; height:3.509ex;" alt="{\displaystyle R(X,Y)=\nabla _{X,Y}^{2}-\nabla _{Y,X}^{2}}"></span></dd></dl> <p>Thus, the curvature tensor measures the noncommutativity of the second covariant derivative. In <a href="/wiki/Abstract_index_notation" title="Abstract index notation">abstract index notation</a>, <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-display mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math display="block" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle R^{d}{}_{cab}Z^{c}=\nabla _{a}\nabla _{b}Z^{d}-\nabla _{b}\nabla _{a}Z^{d}.}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msup> <mi>R</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>d</mi> </mrow> </msup> <msub> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> </mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>c</mi> <mi>a</mi> <mi>b</mi> </mrow> </msub> <msup> <mi>Z</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>c</mi> </mrow> </msup> <mo>=</mo> <msub> <mi mathvariant="normal">∇</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>a</mi> </mrow> </msub> <msub> <mi mathvariant="normal">∇</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>b</mi> </mrow> </msub> <msup> <mi>Z</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>d</mi> </mrow> </msup> <mo>−</mo> <msub> <mi mathvariant="normal">∇</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>b</mi> </mrow> </msub> <msub> <mi mathvariant="normal">∇</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>a</mi> </mrow> </msub> <msup> <mi>Z</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>d</mi> </mrow> </msup> <mo>.</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle R^{d}{}_{cab}Z^{c}=\nabla _{a}\nabla _{b}Z^{d}-\nabla _{b}\nabla _{a}Z^{d}.}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/e5d032a8d342ef4b4e9f86cdb2ab7f883db6694d" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-display mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.671ex; width:32.037ex; height:3.009ex;" alt="{\displaystyle R^{d}{}_{cab}Z^{c}=\nabla _{a}\nabla _{b}Z^{d}-\nabla _{b}\nabla _{a}Z^{d}.}"></span>The Riemann curvature tensor is also the <a href="/wiki/Commutator" title="Commutator">commutator</a> of the covariant derivative of an arbitrary covector <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle A_{\nu }}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msub> <mi>A</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>ν</mi> </mrow> </msub> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle A_{\nu }}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/2dbf88172e5b5c60cd05db9362b55390ccb4435f" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.671ex; width:2.847ex; height:2.509ex;" alt="{\displaystyle A_{\nu }}"></span> with itself:<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dd><span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle A_{\nu ;\rho \sigma }-A_{\nu ;\sigma \rho }=A_{\beta }R^{\beta }{}_{\nu \rho \sigma }.}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msub> <mi>A</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>ν</mi> <mo>;</mo> <mi>ρ</mi> <mi>σ</mi> </mrow> </msub> <mo>−</mo> <msub> <mi>A</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>ν</mi> <mo>;</mo> <mi>σ</mi> <mi>ρ</mi> </mrow> </msub> <mo>=</mo> <msub> <mi>A</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>β</mi> </mrow> </msub> <msup> <mi>R</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>β</mi> </mrow> </msup> <msub> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> </mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>ν</mi> <mi>ρ</mi> <mi>σ</mi> </mrow> </msub> <mo>.</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle A_{\nu ;\rho \sigma }-A_{\nu ;\sigma \rho }=A_{\beta }R^{\beta }{}_{\nu \rho \sigma }.}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/21a9ea50f1fc24f8872d2521d5ec97b2892c3437" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -1.005ex; width:25.523ex; height:3.343ex;" alt="{\displaystyle A_{\nu ;\rho \sigma }-A_{\nu ;\sigma \rho }=A_{\beta }R^{\beta }{}_{\nu \rho \sigma }.}"></span></dd></dl> <p>This formula is often called the <i>Ricci identity</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-lovelockrund_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lovelockrund-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This is the classical method used by <a href="/wiki/Gregorio_Ricci-Curbastro" title="Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro">Ricci</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tullio_Levi-Civita" title="Tullio Levi-Civita">Levi-Civita</a> to obtain an expression for the Riemann curvature tensor.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This identity can be generalized to get the commutators for two covariant derivatives of arbitrary tensors as follows <sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dd><span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}&\nabla _{\delta }\nabla _{\gamma }T^{\alpha _{1}\cdots \alpha _{r}}{}_{\beta _{1}\cdots \beta _{s}}-\nabla _{\gamma }\nabla _{\delta }T^{\alpha _{1}\cdots \alpha _{r}}{}_{\beta _{1}\cdots \beta _{s}}\\[3pt]={}&R^{\alpha _{1}}{}_{\rho \delta \gamma }T^{\rho \alpha _{2}\cdots \alpha _{r}}{}_{\beta _{1}\cdots \beta _{s}}+\ldots +R^{\alpha _{r}}{}_{\rho \delta \gamma }T^{\alpha _{1}\cdots \alpha _{r-1}\rho }{}_{\beta _{1}\cdots \beta _{s}}-R^{\sigma }{}_{\beta _{1}\delta \gamma }T^{\alpha _{1}\cdots \alpha _{r}}{}_{\sigma \beta _{2}\cdots \beta _{s}}-\ldots -R^{\sigma }{}_{\beta _{s}\delta \gamma }T^{\alpha _{1}\cdots \alpha _{r}}{}_{\beta _{1}\cdots \beta _{s-1}\sigma }\end{aligned}}}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtable columnalign="right left right left right left right left right left right left" rowspacing="0.6em 0.3em" columnspacing="0em 2em 0em 2em 0em 2em 0em 2em 0em 2em 0em" displaystyle="true"> <mtr> <mtd /> <mtd> <msub> <mi mathvariant="normal">∇</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>δ</mi> </mrow> </msub> <msub> <mi mathvariant="normal">∇</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>γ</mi> </mrow> </msub> <msup> <mi>T</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <msub> <mi>α</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>1</mn> </mrow> </msub> <mo>⋯</mo> <msub> <mi>α</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>r</mi> </mrow> </msub> </mrow> </msup> <msub> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> </mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <msub> <mi>β</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>1</mn> </mrow> </msub> <mo>⋯</mo> <msub> <mi>β</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>s</mi> </mrow> </msub> </mrow> </msub> <mo>−</mo> <msub> <mi mathvariant="normal">∇</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>γ</mi> </mrow> </msub> <msub> <mi mathvariant="normal">∇</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>δ</mi> </mrow> </msub> <msup> <mi>T</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <msub> <mi>α</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>1</mn> </mrow> </msub> <mo>⋯</mo> <msub> <mi>α</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>r</mi> </mrow> </msub> </mrow> </msup> <msub> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> </mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <msub> <mi>β</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>1</mn> </mrow> </msub> <mo>⋯</mo> <msub> <mi>β</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>s</mi> </mrow> </msub> </mrow> </msub> </mtd> </mtr> <mtr> <mtd> <mo>=</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> </mrow> </mtd> <mtd> <msup> <mi>R</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <msub> <mi>α</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>1</mn> </mrow> </msub> </mrow> </msup> <msub> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> </mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>ρ</mi> <mi>δ</mi> <mi>γ</mi> </mrow> </msub> <msup> <mi>T</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>ρ</mi> <msub> <mi>α</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>2</mn> </mrow> </msub> <mo>⋯</mo> <msub> <mi>α</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>r</mi> </mrow> </msub> </mrow> </msup> <msub> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> </mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <msub> <mi>β</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>1</mn> </mrow> </msub> <mo>⋯</mo> <msub> <mi>β</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>s</mi> </mrow> </msub> </mrow> </msub> <mo>+</mo> <mo>…</mo> <mo>+</mo> <msup> <mi>R</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <msub> <mi>α</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>r</mi> </mrow> </msub> </mrow> </msup> <msub> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> </mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>ρ</mi> <mi>δ</mi> <mi>γ</mi> </mrow> </msub> <msup> <mi>T</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <msub> <mi>α</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>1</mn> </mrow> </msub> <mo>⋯</mo> <msub> <mi>α</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>r</mi> <mo>−</mo> <mn>1</mn> </mrow> </msub> <mi>ρ</mi> </mrow> </msup> <msub> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> </mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <msub> <mi>β</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>1</mn> </mrow> </msub> <mo>⋯</mo> <msub> <mi>β</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>s</mi> </mrow> </msub> </mrow> </msub> <mo>−</mo> <msup> <mi>R</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>σ</mi> </mrow> </msup> <msub> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> </mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <msub> <mi>β</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>1</mn> </mrow> </msub> <mi>δ</mi> <mi>γ</mi> </mrow> </msub> <msup> <mi>T</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <msub> <mi>α</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>1</mn> </mrow> </msub> <mo>⋯</mo> <msub> <mi>α</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>r</mi> </mrow> </msub> </mrow> </msup> <msub> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> </mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>σ</mi> <msub> <mi>β</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>2</mn> </mrow> </msub> <mo>⋯</mo> <msub> <mi>β</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>s</mi> </mrow> </msub> </mrow> </msub> <mo>−</mo> <mo>…</mo> <mo>−</mo> <msup> <mi>R</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>σ</mi> </mrow> </msup> <msub> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> </mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <msub> <mi>β</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>s</mi> </mrow> </msub> <mi>δ</mi> <mi>γ</mi> </mrow> </msub> <msup> <mi>T</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <msub> <mi>α</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>1</mn> </mrow> </msub> <mo>⋯</mo> <msub> <mi>α</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>r</mi> </mrow> </msub> </mrow> </msup> <msub> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> </mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <msub> <mi>β</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>1</mn> </mrow> </msub> <mo>⋯</mo> <msub> <mi>β</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>s</mi> <mo>−</mo> <mn>1</mn> </mrow> </msub> <mi>σ</mi> </mrow> </msub> </mtd> </mtr> </mtable> </mrow> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}&\nabla _{\delta }\nabla _{\gamma }T^{\alpha _{1}\cdots \alpha _{r}}{}_{\beta _{1}\cdots \beta _{s}}-\nabla _{\gamma }\nabla _{\delta }T^{\alpha _{1}\cdots \alpha _{r}}{}_{\beta _{1}\cdots \beta _{s}}\\[3pt]={}&R^{\alpha _{1}}{}_{\rho \delta \gamma }T^{\rho \alpha _{2}\cdots \alpha _{r}}{}_{\beta _{1}\cdots \beta _{s}}+\ldots +R^{\alpha _{r}}{}_{\rho \delta \gamma }T^{\alpha _{1}\cdots \alpha _{r-1}\rho }{}_{\beta _{1}\cdots \beta _{s}}-R^{\sigma }{}_{\beta _{1}\delta \gamma }T^{\alpha _{1}\cdots \alpha _{r}}{}_{\sigma \beta _{2}\cdots \beta _{s}}-\ldots -R^{\sigma }{}_{\beta _{s}\delta \gamma }T^{\alpha _{1}\cdots \alpha _{r}}{}_{\beta _{1}\cdots \beta _{s-1}\sigma }\end{aligned}}}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/711ad8f7e44966802efd57caabfa504dcdab7c79" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -3.005ex; width:108.939ex; height:7.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle {\begin{aligned}&\nabla _{\delta }\nabla _{\gamma }T^{\alpha _{1}\cdots \alpha _{r}}{}_{\beta _{1}\cdots \beta _{s}}-\nabla _{\gamma }\nabla _{\delta }T^{\alpha _{1}\cdots \alpha _{r}}{}_{\beta _{1}\cdots \beta _{s}}\\[3pt]={}&R^{\alpha _{1}}{}_{\rho \delta \gamma }T^{\rho \alpha _{2}\cdots \alpha _{r}}{}_{\beta _{1}\cdots \beta _{s}}+\ldots +R^{\alpha _{r}}{}_{\rho \delta \gamma }T^{\alpha _{1}\cdots \alpha _{r-1}\rho }{}_{\beta _{1}\cdots \beta _{s}}-R^{\sigma }{}_{\beta _{1}\delta \gamma }T^{\alpha _{1}\cdots \alpha _{r}}{}_{\sigma \beta _{2}\cdots \beta _{s}}-\ldots -R^{\sigma }{}_{\beta _{s}\delta \gamma }T^{\alpha _{1}\cdots \alpha _{r}}{}_{\beta _{1}\cdots \beta _{s-1}\sigma }\end{aligned}}}"></span></dd></dl> <p>This formula also applies to <a href="/wiki/Tensor_density" title="Tensor density">tensor densities</a> without alteration, because for the Levi-Civita (<i>not generic</i>) connection one gets:<sup id="cite_ref-lovelockrund_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lovelockrund-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dd><span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle \nabla _{\mu }\left({\sqrt {g}}\right)\equiv \left({\sqrt {g}}\right)_{;\mu }=0,}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msub> <mi mathvariant="normal">∇</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>μ</mi> </mrow> </msub> <mrow> <mo>(</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <msqrt> <mi>g</mi> </msqrt> </mrow> <mo>)</mo> </mrow> <mo>≡</mo> <msub> <mrow> <mo>(</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <msqrt> <mi>g</mi> </msqrt> </mrow> <mo>)</mo> </mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mo>;</mo> <mi>μ</mi> </mrow> </msub> <mo>=</mo> <mn>0</mn> <mo>,</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle \nabla _{\mu }\left({\sqrt {g}}\right)\equiv \left({\sqrt {g}}\right)_{;\mu }=0,}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/df96911b8403f9443d04b9cb00f389a68b538aa5" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -1.671ex; width:23.597ex; height:3.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle \nabla _{\mu }\left({\sqrt {g}}\right)\equiv \left({\sqrt {g}}\right)_{;\mu }=0,}"></span></dd></dl> <p>where </p> <dl><dd><span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle g=\left|\det \left(g_{\mu \nu }\right)\right|.}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>g</mi> <mo>=</mo> <mrow> <mo>|</mo> <mrow> <mo movablelimits="true" form="prefix">det</mo> <mrow> <mo>(</mo> <msub> <mi>g</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>μ</mi> <mi>ν</mi> </mrow> </msub> <mo>)</mo> </mrow> </mrow> <mo>|</mo> </mrow> <mo>.</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle g=\left|\det \left(g_{\mu \nu }\right)\right|.}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/29727eb9369cd4c873a9ad080d61e052b130c60f" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -1.005ex; width:15.172ex; height:3.009ex;" alt="{\displaystyle g=\left|\det \left(g_{\mu \nu }\right)\right|.}"></span></dd></dl> <p>It is sometimes convenient to also define the purely covariant version of the curvature tensor by </p> <dl><dd><span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle R_{\sigma \mu \nu \rho }=g_{\rho \zeta }R^{\zeta }{}_{\sigma \mu \nu }.}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msub> <mi>R</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>σ</mi> <mi>μ</mi> <mi>ν</mi> <mi>ρ</mi> </mrow> </msub> <mo>=</mo> <msub> <mi>g</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>ρ</mi> <mi>ζ</mi> </mrow> </msub> <msup> <mi>R</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>ζ</mi> </mrow> </msup> <msub> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> </mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>σ</mi> <mi>μ</mi> <mi>ν</mi> </mrow> </msub> <mo>.</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle R_{\sigma \mu \nu \rho }=g_{\rho \zeta }R^{\zeta }{}_{\sigma \mu \nu }.}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/e9cefd960bc24ec3e7dd536f6133e1af9aef128d" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -1.005ex; width:18.165ex; height:3.343ex;" alt="{\displaystyle R_{\sigma \mu \nu \rho }=g_{\rho \zeta }R^{\zeta }{}_{\sigma \mu \nu }.}"></span></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geometric_meaning">Geometric meaning</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Riemann_curvature_tensor&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geometric meaning"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Riemann_curvature_motivation_shpere.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Riemann_curvature_motivation_shpere.gif/220px-Riemann_curvature_motivation_shpere.gif" decoding="async" width="220" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Riemann_curvature_motivation_shpere.gif/330px-Riemann_curvature_motivation_shpere.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Riemann_curvature_motivation_shpere.gif/440px-Riemann_curvature_motivation_shpere.gif 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="424" /></a><figcaption>Figure showing the geometric meaning of the Riemann curvature tensor in a spherical curved manifold. The fact that this transfer can define two different arrows at the starting point gives rise to the Riemann curvature tensor. The orthogonal symbol indicates that the <a href="/wiki/Dot_product" title="Dot product">dot product</a> (provided by the metric tensor) between the transmitted arrows (or the tangent arrows on the curve) is zero. The angle between the two arrows is zero when the space is flat and greater than zero when the space is curved. The more curved the space, the greater the angle.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Informally">Informally</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Riemann_curvature_tensor&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Informally"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>One can see the effects of curved space by comparing a tennis court and the Earth. Start at the lower right corner of the tennis court, with a racket held out towards north. Then while walking around the outline of the court, at each step make sure the tennis racket is maintained in the same orientation, parallel to its previous positions. Once the loop is complete the tennis racket will be parallel to its initial starting position. This is because tennis courts are built so the surface is flat. On the other hand, the surface of the Earth is curved: we can complete a loop on the surface of the Earth. Starting at the equator, point a tennis racket north along the surface of the Earth. Once again the tennis racket should always remain parallel to its previous position, using the local plane of the horizon as a reference. For this path, first walk to the north pole, then walk sideways (i.e. without turning), then down to the equator, and finally walk backwards to your starting position. Now the tennis racket will be pointing towards the west, even though when you began your journey it pointed north and you never turned your body. This process is akin to <a href="/wiki/Parallel_transport" title="Parallel transport">parallel transporting</a> a vector along the path and the difference identifies how lines which appear "straight" are only "straight" locally. Each time a loop is completed the tennis racket will be deflected further from its initial position by an amount depending on the distance and the curvature of the surface. It is possible to identify paths along a curved surface where parallel transport works as it does on flat space. These are the <a href="/wiki/Geodesics" class="mw-redirect" title="Geodesics">geodesics</a> of the space, for example any segment of a great circle of a sphere. </p><p>The concept of a curved space in mathematics differs from conversational usage. For example, if the above process was completed on a cylinder one would find that it is not curved overall as the curvature around the cylinder cancels with the flatness along the cylinder, which is a consequence of <a href="/wiki/Gaussian_curvature" title="Gaussian curvature">Gaussian curvature</a> and Gauss's <a href="/wiki/Theorema_Egregium" title="Theorema Egregium">Theorema Egregium</a>. A familiar example of this is a floppy pizza slice, which will remain rigid along its length if it is curved along its width. </p><p>The Riemann curvature tensor is a way to capture a measure of the intrinsic curvature. When you write it down in terms of its components (like writing down the components of a vector), it consists of a multi-dimensional array of sums and products of partial derivatives (some of those partial derivatives can be thought of as akin to capturing the curvature imposed upon someone walking in straight lines on a curved surface). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Formally">Formally</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Riemann_curvature_tensor&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Formally"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When a vector in a Euclidean space is <a href="/wiki/Parallel_transport" title="Parallel transport">parallel transported</a> around a loop, it will again point in the initial direction after returning to its original position. However, this property does not hold in the general case. The Riemann curvature tensor directly measures the failure of this in a general <a href="/wiki/Riemannian_manifold" title="Riemannian manifold">Riemannian manifold</a>. This failure is known as the non-<a href="/wiki/Holonomy" title="Holonomy">holonomy</a> of the manifold. </p><p>Let <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle x_{t}}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msub> <mi>x</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>t</mi> </mrow> </msub> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle x_{t}}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/f279a30bc8eabc788f3fe81c9cfb674e72e858db" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.671ex; width:2.156ex; height:2.009ex;" alt="{\displaystyle x_{t}}"></span> be a curve in a Riemannian manifold <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle M}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>M</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle M}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/f82cade9898ced02fdd08712e5f0c0151758a0dd" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:2.442ex; height:2.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle M}"></span>. Denote by <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle \tau _{x_{t}}:T_{x_{0}}M\to T_{x_{t}}M}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msub> <mi>τ</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <msub> <mi>x</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>t</mi> </mrow> </msub> </mrow> </msub> <mo>:</mo> <msub> <mi>T</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <msub> <mi>x</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>0</mn> </mrow> </msub> </mrow> </msub> <mi>M</mi> <mo stretchy="false">→</mo> <msub> <mi>T</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <msub> <mi>x</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>t</mi> </mrow> </msub> </mrow> </msub> <mi>M</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle \tau _{x_{t}}:T_{x_{0}}M\to T_{x_{t}}M}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/e602d5b6eb57855fdbcc8005e121a58e951b2ec7" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -1.005ex; width:19.808ex; height:2.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle \tau _{x_{t}}:T_{x_{0}}M\to T_{x_{t}}M}"></span> the parallel transport map along <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle x_{t}}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msub> <mi>x</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>t</mi> </mrow> </msub> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle x_{t}}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/f279a30bc8eabc788f3fe81c9cfb674e72e858db" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.671ex; width:2.156ex; height:2.009ex;" alt="{\displaystyle x_{t}}"></span>. The parallel transport maps are related to the <a href="/wiki/Covariant_derivative" title="Covariant derivative">covariant derivative</a> by </p> <dl><dd><span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle \nabla _{{\dot {x}}_{0}}Y=\lim _{h\to 0}{\frac {1}{h}}\left(\tau _{x_{h}}^{-1}\left(Y_{x_{h}}\right)-Y_{x_{0}}\right)=\left.{\frac {d}{dt}}\left(\tau _{x_{t}}^{-1}(Y_{x_{t}})\right)\right|_{t=0}}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msub> <mi mathvariant="normal">∇</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <msub> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mover> <mi>x</mi> <mo>˙</mo> </mover> </mrow> </mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>0</mn> </mrow> </msub> </mrow> </msub> <mi>Y</mi> <mo>=</mo> <munder> <mo movablelimits="true" form="prefix">lim</mo> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>h</mi> <mo stretchy="false">→</mo> <mn>0</mn> </mrow> </munder> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <mn>1</mn> <mi>h</mi> </mfrac> </mrow> <mrow> <mo>(</mo> <mrow> <msubsup> <mi>τ</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <msub> <mi>x</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>h</mi> </mrow> </msub> </mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mo>−</mo> <mn>1</mn> </mrow> </msubsup> <mrow> <mo>(</mo> <msub> <mi>Y</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <msub> <mi>x</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>h</mi> </mrow> </msub> </mrow> </msub> <mo>)</mo> </mrow> <mo>−</mo> <msub> <mi>Y</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <msub> <mi>x</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>0</mn> </mrow> </msub> </mrow> </msub> </mrow> <mo>)</mo> </mrow> <mo>=</mo> <msub> <mrow> <mo fence="true" stretchy="true" symmetric="true"></mo> <mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <mi>d</mi> <mrow> <mi>d</mi> <mi>t</mi> </mrow> </mfrac> </mrow> <mrow> <mo>(</mo> <mrow> <msubsup> <mi>τ</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <msub> <mi>x</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>t</mi> </mrow> </msub> </mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mo>−</mo> <mn>1</mn> </mrow> </msubsup> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <msub> <mi>Y</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <msub> <mi>x</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>t</mi> </mrow> </msub> </mrow> </msub> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> </mrow> <mo>)</mo> </mrow> </mrow> <mo>|</mo> </mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>t</mi> <mo>=</mo> <mn>0</mn> </mrow> </msub> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle \nabla _{{\dot {x}}_{0}}Y=\lim _{h\to 0}{\frac {1}{h}}\left(\tau _{x_{h}}^{-1}\left(Y_{x_{h}}\right)-Y_{x_{0}}\right)=\left.{\frac {d}{dt}}\left(\tau _{x_{t}}^{-1}(Y_{x_{t}})\right)\right|_{t=0}}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/feedeaaef9b7203b0da6297a3f02bfcc7717541f" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -2.338ex; width:53.716ex; height:5.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle \nabla _{{\dot {x}}_{0}}Y=\lim _{h\to 0}{\frac {1}{h}}\left(\tau _{x_{h}}^{-1}\left(Y_{x_{h}}\right)-Y_{x_{0}}\right)=\left.{\frac {d}{dt}}\left(\tau _{x_{t}}^{-1}(Y_{x_{t}})\right)\right|_{t=0}}"></span></dd></dl> <p>for each <a href="/wiki/Vector_field" title="Vector field">vector field</a> <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle Y}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>Y</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle Y}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/961d67d6b454b4df2301ac571808a3538b3a6d3f" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.171ex; width:1.773ex; height:2.009ex;" alt="{\displaystyle Y}"></span> defined along the curve. </p><p>Suppose that <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle X}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>X</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle X}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/68baa052181f707c662844a465bfeeb135e82bab" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:1.98ex; height:2.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle X}"></span> and <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle Y}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>Y</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle Y}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/961d67d6b454b4df2301ac571808a3538b3a6d3f" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.171ex; width:1.773ex; height:2.009ex;" alt="{\displaystyle Y}"></span> are a pair of commuting vector fields. Each of these fields generates a one-parameter group of diffeomorphisms in a neighborhood of <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle x_{0}}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msub> <mi>x</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>0</mn> </mrow> </msub> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle x_{0}}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/86f21d0e31751534cd6584264ecf864a6aa792cf" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.671ex; width:2.384ex; height:2.009ex;" alt="{\displaystyle x_{0}}"></span>. Denote by <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle \tau _{tX}}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msub> <mi>τ</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>t</mi> <mi>X</mi> </mrow> </msub> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle \tau _{tX}}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/4fdd0e4878763b48ea37e854dd3842b86384e3a4" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.671ex; width:3.242ex; height:2.009ex;" alt="{\displaystyle \tau _{tX}}"></span> and <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle \tau _{tY}}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msub> <mi>τ</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>t</mi> <mi>Y</mi> </mrow> </msub> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle \tau _{tY}}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/efddac2192aaa9d4d0e8002c66d28f0890bc8f23" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.671ex; width:3.096ex; height:2.009ex;" alt="{\displaystyle \tau _{tY}}"></span>, respectively, the parallel transports along the flows of <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle X}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>X</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle X}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/68baa052181f707c662844a465bfeeb135e82bab" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:1.98ex; height:2.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle X}"></span> and <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle Y}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>Y</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle Y}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/961d67d6b454b4df2301ac571808a3538b3a6d3f" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.171ex; width:1.773ex; height:2.009ex;" alt="{\displaystyle Y}"></span> for time <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle t}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>t</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle t}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/65658b7b223af9e1acc877d848888ecdb4466560" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:0.84ex; height:2.009ex;" alt="{\displaystyle t}"></span>. Parallel transport of a vector <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle Z\in T_{x_{0}}M}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>Z</mi> <mo>∈</mo> <msub> <mi>T</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <msub> <mi>x</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>0</mn> </mrow> </msub> </mrow> </msub> <mi>M</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle Z\in T_{x_{0}}M}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/dfbaa30d7400c30d477cfaa196f54baa5f14a96a" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -1.005ex; width:10.325ex; height:2.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle Z\in T_{x_{0}}M}"></span> around the quadrilateral with sides <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle tY}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>t</mi> <mi>Y</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle tY}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/2c8e15149b248b3151c321dba2d0fa5b7c79e2e8" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:2.613ex; height:2.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle tY}"></span>, <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle sX}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>s</mi> <mi>X</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle sX}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/e513e67210e9981113a0163d3d8c75369f8aaf9b" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:3.07ex; height:2.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle sX}"></span>, <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle -tY}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mo>−</mo> <mi>t</mi> <mi>Y</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle -tY}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/927b5324b113e2434bd6c27b593d06bba2a2c0df" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.505ex; width:4.421ex; height:2.343ex;" alt="{\displaystyle -tY}"></span>, <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle -sX}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mo>−</mo> <mi>s</mi> <mi>X</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle -sX}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/0ff5ad7fe671ac5fe0c26a784b286c19f9d51a7f" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.505ex; width:4.879ex; height:2.343ex;" alt="{\displaystyle -sX}"></span> is given by </p> <dl><dd><span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle \tau _{sX}^{-1}\tau _{tY}^{-1}\tau _{sX}\tau _{tY}Z.}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msubsup> <mi>τ</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>s</mi> <mi>X</mi> </mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mo>−</mo> <mn>1</mn> </mrow> </msubsup> <msubsup> <mi>τ</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>t</mi> <mi>Y</mi> </mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mo>−</mo> <mn>1</mn> </mrow> </msubsup> <msub> <mi>τ</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>s</mi> <mi>X</mi> </mrow> </msub> <msub> <mi>τ</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>t</mi> <mi>Y</mi> </mrow> </msub> <mi>Z</mi> <mo>.</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle \tau _{sX}^{-1}\tau _{tY}^{-1}\tau _{sX}\tau _{tY}Z.}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/6e9cd2ab513a85fbb6babc2fb6692e89f2b8d106" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -1.005ex; width:16.024ex; height:3.343ex;" alt="{\displaystyle \tau _{sX}^{-1}\tau _{tY}^{-1}\tau _{sX}\tau _{tY}Z.}"></span></dd></dl> <p>The difference between this and <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle Z}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>Z</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle Z}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/1cc6b75e09a8aa3f04d8584b11db534f88fb56bd" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:1.68ex; height:2.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle Z}"></span> measures the failure of parallel transport to return <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle Z}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>Z</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle Z}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/1cc6b75e09a8aa3f04d8584b11db534f88fb56bd" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:1.68ex; height:2.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle Z}"></span> to its original position in the tangent space <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle T_{x_{0}}M}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msub> <mi>T</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <msub> <mi>x</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>0</mn> </mrow> </msub> </mrow> </msub> <mi>M</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle T_{x_{0}}M}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/f67df4769c57dd34252d4284743c041fbdd1ce79" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -1.005ex; width:5.804ex; height:2.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle T_{x_{0}}M}"></span>. Shrinking the loop by sending <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle s,t\to 0}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>s</mi> <mo>,</mo> <mi>t</mi> <mo stretchy="false">→</mo> <mn>0</mn> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle s,t\to 0}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/21d23ed1708d3031d5a9aac60dd2743fb118b44d" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.671ex; width:7.741ex; height:2.509ex;" alt="{\displaystyle s,t\to 0}"></span> gives the infinitesimal description of this deviation: </p> <dl><dd><span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle \left.{\frac {d}{ds}}{\frac {d}{dt}}\tau _{sX}^{-1}\tau _{tY}^{-1}\tau _{sX}\tau _{tY}Z\right|_{s=t=0}=\left(\nabla _{X}\nabla _{Y}-\nabla _{Y}\nabla _{X}-\nabla _{[X,Y]}\right)Z=R(X,Y)Z}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msub> <mrow> <mo fence="true" stretchy="true" symmetric="true"></mo> <mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <mi>d</mi> <mrow> <mi>d</mi> <mi>s</mi> </mrow> </mfrac> </mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mfrac> <mi>d</mi> <mrow> <mi>d</mi> <mi>t</mi> </mrow> </mfrac> </mrow> <msubsup> <mi>τ</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>s</mi> <mi>X</mi> </mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mo>−</mo> <mn>1</mn> </mrow> </msubsup> <msubsup> <mi>τ</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>t</mi> <mi>Y</mi> </mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mo>−</mo> <mn>1</mn> </mrow> </msubsup> <msub> <mi>τ</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>s</mi> <mi>X</mi> </mrow> </msub> <msub> <mi>τ</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>t</mi> <mi>Y</mi> </mrow> </msub> <mi>Z</mi> </mrow> <mo>|</mo> </mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>s</mi> <mo>=</mo> <mi>t</mi> <mo>=</mo> <mn>0</mn> </mrow> </msub> <mo>=</mo> <mrow> <mo>(</mo> <mrow> <msub> <mi mathvariant="normal">∇</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>X</mi> </mrow> </msub> <msub> <mi mathvariant="normal">∇</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>Y</mi> </mrow> </msub> <mo>−</mo> <msub> <mi mathvariant="normal">∇</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>Y</mi> </mrow> </msub> <msub> <mi mathvariant="normal">∇</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>X</mi> </mrow> </msub> <mo>−</mo> <msub> <mi mathvariant="normal">∇</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mo stretchy="false">[</mo> <mi>X</mi> <mo>,</mo> <mi>Y</mi> <mo stretchy="false">]</mo> </mrow> </msub> </mrow> <mo>)</mo> </mrow> <mi>Z</mi> <mo>=</mo> <mi>R</mi> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mi>X</mi> <mo>,</mo> <mi>Y</mi> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> <mi>Z</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle \left.{\frac {d}{ds}}{\frac {d}{dt}}\tau _{sX}^{-1}\tau _{tY}^{-1}\tau _{sX}\tau _{tY}Z\right|_{s=t=0}=\left(\nabla _{X}\nabla _{Y}-\nabla _{Y}\nabla _{X}-\nabla _{[X,Y]}\right)Z=R(X,Y)Z}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/4f7391c086a496cf8c270adf768cd477a32fb05b" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -2.338ex; width:73.325ex; height:5.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle \left.{\frac {d}{ds}}{\frac {d}{dt}}\tau _{sX}^{-1}\tau _{tY}^{-1}\tau _{sX}\tau _{tY}Z\right|_{s=t=0}=\left(\nabla _{X}\nabla _{Y}-\nabla _{Y}\nabla _{X}-\nabla _{[X,Y]}\right)Z=R(X,Y)Z}"></span></dd></dl> <p>where <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle R}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>R</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle R}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/4b0bfb3769bf24d80e15374dc37b0441e2616e33" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:1.764ex; height:2.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle R}"></span> is the Riemann curvature tensor. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Coordinate_expression">Coordinate expression</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Riemann_curvature_tensor&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Coordinate expression"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Converting to the <a href="/wiki/Tensor_index_notation" class="mw-redirect" title="Tensor index notation">tensor index notation</a>, the Riemann curvature tensor is given by </p> <dl><dd><span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle R^{\rho }{}_{\sigma \mu \nu }=dx^{\rho }\left(R\left(\partial _{\mu },\partial _{\nu }\right)\partial _{\sigma }\right)}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msup> <mi>R</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>ρ</mi> </mrow> </msup> <msub> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> </mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>σ</mi> <mi>μ</mi> <mi>ν</mi> </mrow> </msub> <mo>=</mo> <mi>d</mi> <msup> <mi>x</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>ρ</mi> </mrow> </msup> <mrow> <mo>(</mo> <mrow> <mi>R</mi> <mrow> <mo>(</mo> <mrow> <msub> <mi mathvariant="normal">∂</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>μ</mi> </mrow> </msub> <mo>,</mo> <msub> <mi mathvariant="normal">∂</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>ν</mi> </mrow> </msub> </mrow> <mo>)</mo> </mrow> <msub> <mi mathvariant="normal">∂</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>σ</mi> </mrow> </msub> </mrow> <mo>)</mo> </mrow> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle R^{\rho }{}_{\sigma \mu \nu }=dx^{\rho }\left(R\left(\partial _{\mu },\partial _{\nu }\right)\partial _{\sigma }\right)}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/fa9479d99816e0d3e92c88c221a269652255149d" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -1.005ex; width:27.388ex; height:3.009ex;" alt="{\displaystyle R^{\rho }{}_{\sigma \mu \nu }=dx^{\rho }\left(R\left(\partial _{\mu },\partial _{\nu }\right)\partial _{\sigma }\right)}"></span></dd></dl> <p>where <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle \partial _{\mu }=\partial /\partial x^{\mu }}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msub> <mi mathvariant="normal">∂</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>μ</mi> </mrow> </msub> <mo>=</mo> <mi mathvariant="normal">∂</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mo>/</mo> </mrow> <mi mathvariant="normal">∂</mi> <msup> <mi>x</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>μ</mi> </mrow> </msup> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle \partial _{\mu }=\partial /\partial x^{\mu }}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/d254e4a2f61c99020e632761d22fafc4f076eef8" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -1.005ex; width:11.908ex; height:3.009ex;" alt="{\displaystyle \partial _{\mu }=\partial /\partial x^{\mu }}"></span> are the coordinate vector fields. The above expression can be written using <a href="/wiki/Christoffel_symbols" title="Christoffel symbols">Christoffel symbols</a>: </p> <dl><dd><span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle R^{\rho }{}_{\sigma \mu \nu }=\partial _{\mu }\Gamma ^{\rho }{}_{\nu \sigma }-\partial _{\nu }\Gamma ^{\rho }{}_{\mu \sigma }+\Gamma ^{\rho }{}_{\mu \lambda }\Gamma ^{\lambda }{}_{\nu \sigma }-\Gamma ^{\rho }{}_{\nu \lambda }\Gamma ^{\lambda }{}_{\mu \sigma }}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msup> <mi>R</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>ρ</mi> </mrow> </msup> <msub> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> </mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>σ</mi> <mi>μ</mi> <mi>ν</mi> </mrow> </msub> <mo>=</mo> <msub> <mi mathvariant="normal">∂</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>μ</mi> </mrow> </msub> <msup> <mi mathvariant="normal">Γ</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>ρ</mi> </mrow> </msup> <msub> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> </mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>ν</mi> <mi>σ</mi> </mrow> </msub> <mo>−</mo> <msub> <mi mathvariant="normal">∂</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>ν</mi> </mrow> </msub> <msup> <mi mathvariant="normal">Γ</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>ρ</mi> </mrow> </msup> <msub> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> </mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>μ</mi> <mi>σ</mi> </mrow> </msub> <mo>+</mo> <msup> <mi mathvariant="normal">Γ</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>ρ</mi> </mrow> </msup> <msub> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> </mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>μ</mi> <mi>λ</mi> </mrow> </msub> <msup> <mi mathvariant="normal">Γ</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>λ</mi> </mrow> </msup> <msub> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> </mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>ν</mi> <mi>σ</mi> </mrow> </msub> <mo>−</mo> <msup> <mi mathvariant="normal">Γ</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>ρ</mi> </mrow> </msup> <msub> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> </mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>ν</mi> <mi>λ</mi> </mrow> </msub> <msup> <mi mathvariant="normal">Γ</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>λ</mi> </mrow> </msup> <msub> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> </mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>μ</mi> <mi>σ</mi> </mrow> </msub> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle R^{\rho }{}_{\sigma \mu \nu }=\partial _{\mu }\Gamma ^{\rho }{}_{\nu \sigma }-\partial _{\nu }\Gamma ^{\rho }{}_{\mu \sigma }+\Gamma ^{\rho }{}_{\mu \lambda }\Gamma ^{\lambda }{}_{\nu \sigma }-\Gamma ^{\rho }{}_{\nu \lambda }\Gamma ^{\lambda }{}_{\mu \sigma }}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/97f07269279b9e67d9b28123e5d830f0463b7976" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -1.005ex; width:50.381ex; height:3.343ex;" alt="{\displaystyle R^{\rho }{}_{\sigma \mu \nu }=\partial _{\mu }\Gamma ^{\rho }{}_{\nu \sigma }-\partial _{\nu }\Gamma ^{\rho }{}_{\mu \sigma }+\Gamma ^{\rho }{}_{\mu \lambda }\Gamma ^{\lambda }{}_{\nu \sigma }-\Gamma ^{\rho }{}_{\nu \lambda }\Gamma ^{\lambda }{}_{\mu \sigma }}"></span></dd></dl> <p>(See also <i><a href="/wiki/List_of_formulas_in_Riemannian_geometry" title="List of formulas in Riemannian geometry">List of formulas in Riemannian geometry</a></i>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Symmetries_and_identities">Symmetries and identities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Riemann_curvature_tensor&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Symmetries and identities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Riemann curvature tensor has the following symmetries and identities: </p> <table> <tbody><tr> <th>Skew symmetry </th> <td><span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle R(u,v)=-R(v,u)}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>R</mi> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mi>u</mi> <mo>,</mo> <mi>v</mi> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> <mo>=</mo> <mo>−</mo> <mi>R</mi> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mi>v</mi> <mo>,</mo> <mi>u</mi> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle R(u,v)=-R(v,u)}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/50103c9b041b334be50635f9e35fb28cb19af2e0" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:19.036ex; height:2.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle R(u,v)=-R(v,u)}"></span> </td> <td><span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle R_{abcd}=-R_{abdc}\Leftrightarrow R_{ab(cd)}=0}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msub> <mi>R</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>a</mi> <mi>b</mi> <mi>c</mi> <mi>d</mi> </mrow> </msub> <mo>=</mo> <mo>−</mo> <msub> <mi>R</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>a</mi> <mi>b</mi> <mi>d</mi> <mi>c</mi> </mrow> </msub> <mo stretchy="false">⇔</mo> <msub> <mi>R</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>a</mi> <mi>b</mi> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mi>c</mi> <mi>d</mi> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> </mrow> </msub> <mo>=</mo> <mn>0</mn> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle R_{abcd}=-R_{abdc}\Leftrightarrow R_{ab(cd)}=0}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/fe9063849ffc944bafcbbcce6c57f19aa65f0f9c" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -1.171ex; width:29.49ex; height:3.009ex;" alt="{\displaystyle R_{abcd}=-R_{abdc}\Leftrightarrow R_{ab(cd)}=0}"></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Skew symmetry </th> <td><span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle \langle R(u,v)w,z\rangle =-\langle R(u,v)z,w\rangle }"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mo fence="false" stretchy="false">⟨</mo> <mi>R</mi> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mi>u</mi> <mo>,</mo> <mi>v</mi> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> <mi>w</mi> <mo>,</mo> <mi>z</mi> <mo fence="false" stretchy="false">⟩</mo> <mo>=</mo> <mo>−</mo> <mo fence="false" stretchy="false">⟨</mo> <mi>R</mi> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mi>u</mi> <mo>,</mo> <mi>v</mi> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> <mi>z</mi> <mo>,</mo> <mi>w</mi> <mo fence="false" stretchy="false">⟩</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle \langle R(u,v)w,z\rangle =-\langle R(u,v)z,w\rangle }</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/dc244e9b7c8ef3ed4ad14c61713d9c218d9dc44e" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:30.227ex; height:2.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle \langle R(u,v)w,z\rangle =-\langle R(u,v)z,w\rangle }"></span> </td> <td><span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle R_{abcd}=-R_{bacd}\Leftrightarrow R_{(ab)cd}=0}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msub> <mi>R</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>a</mi> <mi>b</mi> <mi>c</mi> <mi>d</mi> </mrow> </msub> <mo>=</mo> <mo>−</mo> <msub> <mi>R</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>b</mi> <mi>a</mi> <mi>c</mi> <mi>d</mi> </mrow> </msub> <mo stretchy="false">⇔</mo> <msub> <mi>R</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mi>a</mi> <mi>b</mi> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> <mi>c</mi> <mi>d</mi> </mrow> </msub> <mo>=</mo> <mn>0</mn> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle R_{abcd}=-R_{bacd}\Leftrightarrow R_{(ab)cd}=0}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/5aa836710661abf65f9922e5c3bc8ba0d64ead8a" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -1.171ex; width:29.49ex; height:3.009ex;" alt="{\displaystyle R_{abcd}=-R_{bacd}\Leftrightarrow R_{(ab)cd}=0}"></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th>First (algebraic) Bianchi identity </th> <td><span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle R(u,v)w+R(v,w)u+R(w,u)v=0}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>R</mi> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mi>u</mi> <mo>,</mo> <mi>v</mi> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> <mi>w</mi> <mo>+</mo> <mi>R</mi> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mi>v</mi> <mo>,</mo> <mi>w</mi> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> <mi>u</mi> <mo>+</mo> <mi>R</mi> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mi>w</mi> <mo>,</mo> <mi>u</mi> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> <mi>v</mi> <mo>=</mo> <mn>0</mn> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle R(u,v)w+R(v,w)u+R(w,u)v=0}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/24f3b17859c4a732e153e0433fbcf6585f4e3188" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:36.128ex; height:2.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle R(u,v)w+R(v,w)u+R(w,u)v=0}"></span> </td> <td><span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle R_{abcd}+R_{acdb}+R_{adbc}=0\Leftrightarrow R_{a[bcd]}=0}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msub> <mi>R</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>a</mi> <mi>b</mi> <mi>c</mi> <mi>d</mi> </mrow> </msub> <mo>+</mo> <msub> <mi>R</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>a</mi> <mi>c</mi> <mi>d</mi> <mi>b</mi> </mrow> </msub> <mo>+</mo> <msub> <mi>R</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>a</mi> <mi>d</mi> <mi>b</mi> <mi>c</mi> </mrow> </msub> <mo>=</mo> <mn>0</mn> <mo stretchy="false">⇔</mo> <msub> <mi>R</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>a</mi> <mo stretchy="false">[</mo> <mi>b</mi> <mi>c</mi> <mi>d</mi> <mo stretchy="false">]</mo> </mrow> </msub> <mo>=</mo> <mn>0</mn> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle R_{abcd}+R_{acdb}+R_{adbc}=0\Leftrightarrow R_{a[bcd]}=0}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/15ac017653b8ec51bd7a2767e455368213ee1066" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -1.171ex; width:39.303ex; height:3.009ex;" alt="{\displaystyle R_{abcd}+R_{acdb}+R_{adbc}=0\Leftrightarrow R_{a[bcd]}=0}"></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Interchange symmetry </th> <td><span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle \langle R(u,v)w,z\rangle =\langle R(w,z)u,v\rangle }"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mo fence="false" stretchy="false">⟨</mo> <mi>R</mi> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mi>u</mi> <mo>,</mo> <mi>v</mi> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> <mi>w</mi> <mo>,</mo> <mi>z</mi> <mo fence="false" stretchy="false">⟩</mo> <mo>=</mo> <mo fence="false" stretchy="false">⟨</mo> <mi>R</mi> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mi>w</mi> <mo>,</mo> <mi>z</mi> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> <mi>u</mi> <mo>,</mo> <mi>v</mi> <mo fence="false" stretchy="false">⟩</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle \langle R(u,v)w,z\rangle =\langle R(w,z)u,v\rangle }</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/d1877abf33cd6b487beda540c845a8175b2be203" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:28.419ex; height:2.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle \langle R(u,v)w,z\rangle =\langle R(w,z)u,v\rangle }"></span> </td> <td><span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle R_{abcd}=R_{cdab}}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msub> <mi>R</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>a</mi> <mi>b</mi> <mi>c</mi> <mi>d</mi> </mrow> </msub> <mo>=</mo> <msub> <mi>R</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>c</mi> <mi>d</mi> <mi>a</mi> <mi>b</mi> </mrow> </msub> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle R_{abcd}=R_{cdab}}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/dda3b727c6a8e015b76d72fe1a98780a20ddb116" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.671ex; width:13.384ex; height:2.509ex;" alt="{\displaystyle R_{abcd}=R_{cdab}}"></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Second (differential) Bianchi identity </th> <td><span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle \left(\nabla _{u}R\right)(v,w)+\left(\nabla _{v}R\right)(w,u)+\left(\nabla _{w}R\right)(u,v)=0}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mrow> <mo>(</mo> <mrow> <msub> <mi mathvariant="normal">∇</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>u</mi> </mrow> </msub> <mi>R</mi> </mrow> <mo>)</mo> </mrow> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mi>v</mi> <mo>,</mo> <mi>w</mi> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> <mo>+</mo> <mrow> <mo>(</mo> <mrow> <msub> <mi mathvariant="normal">∇</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>v</mi> </mrow> </msub> <mi>R</mi> </mrow> <mo>)</mo> </mrow> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mi>w</mi> <mo>,</mo> <mi>u</mi> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> <mo>+</mo> <mrow> <mo>(</mo> <mrow> <msub> <mi mathvariant="normal">∇</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>w</mi> </mrow> </msub> <mi>R</mi> </mrow> <mo>)</mo> </mrow> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mi>u</mi> <mo>,</mo> <mi>v</mi> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> <mo>=</mo> <mn>0</mn> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle \left(\nabla _{u}R\right)(v,w)+\left(\nabla _{v}R\right)(w,u)+\left(\nabla _{w}R\right)(u,v)=0}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/b4088559076ada92b76120d8b09d36c326cdda8c" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:48.014ex; height:2.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle \left(\nabla _{u}R\right)(v,w)+\left(\nabla _{v}R\right)(w,u)+\left(\nabla _{w}R\right)(u,v)=0}"></span> </td> <td><span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle R_{abcd;e}+R_{abde;c}+R_{abec;d}=0\Leftrightarrow R_{ab[cd;e]}=0}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msub> <mi>R</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>a</mi> <mi>b</mi> <mi>c</mi> <mi>d</mi> <mo>;</mo> <mi>e</mi> </mrow> </msub> <mo>+</mo> <msub> <mi>R</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>a</mi> <mi>b</mi> <mi>d</mi> <mi>e</mi> <mo>;</mo> <mi>c</mi> </mrow> </msub> <mo>+</mo> <msub> <mi>R</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>a</mi> <mi>b</mi> <mi>e</mi> <mi>c</mi> <mo>;</mo> <mi>d</mi> </mrow> </msub> <mo>=</mo> <mn>0</mn> <mo stretchy="false">⇔</mo> <msub> <mi>R</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>a</mi> <mi>b</mi> <mo stretchy="false">[</mo> <mi>c</mi> <mi>d</mi> <mo>;</mo> <mi>e</mi> <mo stretchy="false">]</mo> </mrow> </msub> <mo>=</mo> <mn>0</mn> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle R_{abcd;e}+R_{abde;c}+R_{abec;d}=0\Leftrightarrow R_{ab[cd;e]}=0}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/f138d94ffe57be9f1236b47519fec826f94268ab" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -1.171ex; width:44.197ex; height:3.009ex;" alt="{\displaystyle R_{abcd;e}+R_{abde;c}+R_{abec;d}=0\Leftrightarrow R_{ab[cd;e]}=0}"></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>where the bracket <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle \langle ,\rangle }"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mo fence="false" stretchy="false">⟨</mo> <mo>,</mo> <mo fence="false" stretchy="false">⟩</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle \langle ,\rangle }</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/528cb832a8e8af1633a9396fef5bb588f563395b" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:2.843ex; height:2.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle \langle ,\rangle }"></span> refers to the inner product on the tangent space induced by the <a href="/wiki/Metric_tensor" title="Metric tensor">metric tensor</a> and the brackets and parentheses on the indices denote the <a href="/wiki/Antisymmetric_tensor" title="Antisymmetric tensor">antisymmetrization</a> and <a href="/wiki/Symmetric_tensor" title="Symmetric tensor">symmetrization</a> operators, respectively. If there is nonzero <a href="/wiki/Torsion_tensor" title="Torsion tensor">torsion</a>, the Bianchi identities involve the <a href="/wiki/Torsion_tensor" title="Torsion tensor">torsion tensor</a>. </p><p>The first (algebraic) Bianchi identity was discovered by <a href="/wiki/Gregorio_Ricci-Curbastro" title="Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro">Ricci</a>, but is often called the <b>first Bianchi identity</b> or <b>algebraic Bianchi identity</b>, because it looks similar to the differential <a href="/wiki/Luigi_Bianchi" title="Luigi Bianchi">Bianchi</a> identity.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The first three identities form a complete list of symmetries of the curvature tensor, i.e. given any tensor which satisfies the identities above, one can find a Riemannian manifold with such a curvature tensor at some point. Simple calculations show that such a tensor has <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle n^{2}\left(n^{2}-1\right)/12}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msup> <mi>n</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>2</mn> </mrow> </msup> <mrow> <mo>(</mo> <mrow> <msup> <mi>n</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mn>2</mn> </mrow> </msup> <mo>−</mo> <mn>1</mn> </mrow> <mo>)</mo> </mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mo>/</mo> </mrow> <mn>12</mn> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle n^{2}\left(n^{2}-1\right)/12}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/f105296f0d0bc09c9bdfb4aa7ec73cb9254ba965" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -1.005ex; width:15.292ex; height:3.343ex;" alt="{\displaystyle n^{2}\left(n^{2}-1\right)/12}"></span> independent components.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Interchange symmetry follows from these. The algebraic symmetries are also equivalent to saying that <i>R</i> belongs to the image of the <a href="/wiki/Young_symmetrizer" title="Young symmetrizer">Young symmetrizer</a> corresponding to the partition 2+2. </p><p>On a Riemannian manifold one has the covariant derivative <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle \nabla _{u}R}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msub> <mi mathvariant="normal">∇</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>u</mi> </mrow> </msub> <mi>R</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle \nabla _{u}R}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/33f0f1975028ab91470cb70d18df8383804eee84" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.671ex; width:4.872ex; height:2.509ex;" alt="{\displaystyle \nabla _{u}R}"></span> and the <a href="/wiki/Bianchi_identity" class="mw-redirect" title="Bianchi identity">Bianchi identity</a> (often called the second Bianchi identity or differential Bianchi identity) takes the form of the last identity in the table. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ricci_curvature">Ricci curvature</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Riemann_curvature_tensor&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Ricci curvature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Ricci_curvature" title="Ricci curvature">Ricci curvature</a> tensor is the <a href="/wiki/Tensor_contraction" title="Tensor contraction">contraction</a> of the first and third indices of the Riemann tensor. </p> <dl><dd><span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle \underbrace {R_{ab}} _{\text{Ricci}}\equiv R^{c}{}_{acb}=g^{cd}\underbrace {R_{cadb}} _{\text{Riemann}}}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <munder> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-OP MJX-fixedlimits"> <munder> <msub> <mi>R</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>a</mi> <mi>b</mi> </mrow> </msub> <mo>⏟</mo> </munder> </mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>Ricci</mtext> </mrow> </munder> <mo>≡</mo> <msup> <mi>R</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>c</mi> </mrow> </msup> <msub> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> </mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>a</mi> <mi>c</mi> <mi>b</mi> </mrow> </msub> <mo>=</mo> <msup> <mi>g</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>c</mi> <mi>d</mi> </mrow> </msup> <munder> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-OP MJX-fixedlimits"> <munder> <msub> <mi>R</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>c</mi> <mi>a</mi> <mi>d</mi> <mi>b</mi> </mrow> </msub> <mo>⏟</mo> </munder> </mrow> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mtext>Riemann</mtext> </mrow> </munder> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle \underbrace {R_{ab}} _{\text{Ricci}}\equiv R^{c}{}_{acb}=g^{cd}\underbrace {R_{cadb}} _{\text{Riemann}}}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/c6f57325acde2bab010c9726863d80e34684bfbe" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -4.171ex; width:24.613ex; height:6.509ex;" alt="{\displaystyle \underbrace {R_{ab}} _{\text{Ricci}}\equiv R^{c}{}_{acb}=g^{cd}\underbrace {R_{cadb}} _{\text{Riemann}}}"></span></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Special_cases">Special cases</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Riemann_curvature_tensor&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Special cases"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Surfaces">Surfaces</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Riemann_curvature_tensor&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Surfaces"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For a two-dimensional <a href="/wiki/Surface_(topology)" title="Surface (topology)">surface</a>, the Bianchi identities imply that the Riemann tensor has only one independent component, which means that the <a href="/wiki/Ricci_scalar" class="mw-redirect" title="Ricci scalar">Ricci scalar</a> completely determines the Riemann tensor. There is only one valid expression for the Riemann tensor which fits the required symmetries: </p> <dl><dd><span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle R_{abcd}=f(R)\left(g_{ac}g_{db}-g_{ad}g_{cb}\right)}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msub> <mi>R</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>a</mi> <mi>b</mi> <mi>c</mi> <mi>d</mi> </mrow> </msub> <mo>=</mo> <mi>f</mi> <mo stretchy="false">(</mo> <mi>R</mi> <mo stretchy="false">)</mo> <mrow> <mo>(</mo> <mrow> <msub> <mi>g</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>a</mi> <mi>c</mi> </mrow> </msub> <msub> <mi>g</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>d</mi> <mi>b</mi> </mrow> </msub> <mo>−</mo> <msub> <mi>g</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>a</mi> <mi>d</mi> </mrow> </msub> <msub> <mi>g</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>c</mi> <mi>b</mi> </mrow> </msub> </mrow> <mo>)</mo> </mrow> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle R_{abcd}=f(R)\left(g_{ac}g_{db}-g_{ad}g_{cb}\right)}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/080db763ef355b2ab4eafc430fca29ad3577b9cb" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:29.789ex; height:2.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle R_{abcd}=f(R)\left(g_{ac}g_{db}-g_{ad}g_{cb}\right)}"></span></dd></dl> <p>and by contracting with the metric twice we find the explicit form: </p> <dl><dd><span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle R_{abcd}=K\left(g_{ac}g_{db}-g_{ad}g_{cb}\right),}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msub> <mi>R</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>a</mi> <mi>b</mi> <mi>c</mi> <mi>d</mi> </mrow> </msub> <mo>=</mo> <mi>K</mi> <mrow> <mo>(</mo> <mrow> <msub> <mi>g</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>a</mi> <mi>c</mi> </mrow> </msub> <msub> <mi>g</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>d</mi> <mi>b</mi> </mrow> </msub> <mo>−</mo> <msub> <mi>g</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>a</mi> <mi>d</mi> </mrow> </msub> <msub> <mi>g</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>c</mi> <mi>b</mi> </mrow> </msub> </mrow> <mo>)</mo> </mrow> <mo>,</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle R_{abcd}=K\left(g_{ac}g_{db}-g_{ad}g_{cb}\right),}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/5eca86fc1a3e5ea151cf6e0b02190eac672992c0" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:28.037ex; height:2.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle R_{abcd}=K\left(g_{ac}g_{db}-g_{ad}g_{cb}\right),}"></span></dd></dl> <p>where <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle g_{ab}}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msub> <mi>g</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>a</mi> <mi>b</mi> </mrow> </msub> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle g_{ab}}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/6e69d450dd2c6434f120d72eba8865a4492121a2" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.671ex; width:2.916ex; height:2.009ex;" alt="{\displaystyle g_{ab}}"></span> is the <a href="/wiki/Metric_tensor" title="Metric tensor">metric tensor</a> and <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle K=R/2}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>K</mi> <mo>=</mo> <mi>R</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mo>/</mo> </mrow> <mn>2</mn> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle K=R/2}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/46380c338e4993d70a420e61939be16777142b51" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:9.253ex; height:2.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle K=R/2}"></span> is a function called the <a href="/wiki/Gaussian_curvature" title="Gaussian curvature">Gaussian curvature</a> and <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle a}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>a</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle a}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/ffd2487510aa438433a2579450ab2b3d557e5edc" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:1.23ex; height:1.676ex;" alt="{\displaystyle a}"></span>, <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle b}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>b</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle b}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/f11423fbb2e967f986e36804a8ae4271734917c3" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:0.998ex; height:2.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle b}"></span>, <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle c}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>c</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle c}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/86a67b81c2de995bd608d5b2df50cd8cd7d92455" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:1.007ex; height:1.676ex;" alt="{\displaystyle c}"></span> and <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle d}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>d</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle d}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/e85ff03cbe0c7341af6b982e47e9f90d235c66ab" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:1.216ex; height:2.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle d}"></span> take values either 1 or 2. The Riemann tensor has only one functionally independent component. The Gaussian curvature coincides with the <a href="/wiki/Sectional_curvature" title="Sectional curvature">sectional curvature</a> of the surface. It is also exactly half the <a href="/wiki/Scalar_curvature" title="Scalar curvature">scalar curvature</a> of the 2-manifold, while the <a href="/wiki/Ricci_curvature" title="Ricci curvature">Ricci curvature</a> tensor of the surface is simply given by </p> <dl><dd><span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle R_{ab}=Kg_{ab}.}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msub> <mi>R</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>a</mi> <mi>b</mi> </mrow> </msub> <mo>=</mo> <mi>K</mi> <msub> <mi>g</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>a</mi> <mi>b</mi> </mrow> </msub> <mo>.</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle R_{ab}=Kg_{ab}.}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/80183099d1b6ca0ee6fbeda8c18ee04f28ea701e" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.671ex; width:12.299ex; height:2.509ex;" alt="{\displaystyle R_{ab}=Kg_{ab}.}"></span></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Space_forms">Space forms</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Riemann_curvature_tensor&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Space forms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Riemannian manifold is a <a href="/wiki/Space_form" title="Space form">space form</a> if its <a href="/wiki/Sectional_curvature" title="Sectional curvature">sectional curvature</a> is equal to a constant <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle K}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>K</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle K}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/2b76fce82a62ed5461908f0dc8f037de4e3686b0" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:2.066ex; height:2.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle K}"></span>. The Riemann tensor of a space form is given by </p> <dl><dd><span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle R_{abcd}=K\left(g_{ac}g_{db}-g_{ad}g_{cb}\right).}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <msub> <mi>R</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>a</mi> <mi>b</mi> <mi>c</mi> <mi>d</mi> </mrow> </msub> <mo>=</mo> <mi>K</mi> <mrow> <mo>(</mo> <mrow> <msub> <mi>g</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>a</mi> <mi>c</mi> </mrow> </msub> <msub> <mi>g</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>d</mi> <mi>b</mi> </mrow> </msub> <mo>−</mo> <msub> <mi>g</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>a</mi> <mi>d</mi> </mrow> </msub> <msub> <mi>g</mi> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mi>c</mi> <mi>b</mi> </mrow> </msub> </mrow> <mo>)</mo> </mrow> <mo>.</mo> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle R_{abcd}=K\left(g_{ac}g_{db}-g_{ad}g_{cb}\right).}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/aacc7c91e743c91d5946713e4384da94a2abd688" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.838ex; width:28.037ex; height:2.843ex;" alt="{\displaystyle R_{abcd}=K\left(g_{ac}g_{db}-g_{ad}g_{cb}\right).}"></span></dd></dl> <p>Conversely, except in dimension 2, if the curvature of a Riemannian manifold has this form for some function <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle K}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>K</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle K}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/2b76fce82a62ed5461908f0dc8f037de4e3686b0" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:2.066ex; height:2.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle K}"></span>, then the Bianchi identities imply that <span class="mwe-math-element"><span class="mwe-math-mathml-inline mwe-math-mathml-a11y" style="display: none;"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="{\displaystyle K}"> <semantics> <mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mstyle displaystyle="true" scriptlevel="0"> <mi>K</mi> </mstyle> </mrow> <annotation encoding="application/x-tex">{\displaystyle K}</annotation> </semantics> </math></span><img src="https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/media/math/render/svg/2b76fce82a62ed5461908f0dc8f037de4e3686b0" class="mwe-math-fallback-image-inline mw-invert skin-invert" aria-hidden="true" style="vertical-align: -0.338ex; width:2.066ex; height:2.176ex;" alt="{\displaystyle K}"></span> is constant and thus that the manifold is (locally) a space form. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Riemann_curvature_tensor&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Introduction_to_the_mathematics_of_general_relativity" title="Introduction to the mathematics of general relativity">Introduction to the mathematics of general relativity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ricci_decomposition" title="Ricci decomposition">Decomposition of the Riemann curvature tensor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curvature_of_Riemannian_manifolds" title="Curvature of Riemannian manifolds">Curvature of Riemannian manifolds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ricci_curvature" title="Ricci curvature">Ricci curvature tensor</a></li></ul> <div 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curvature tensor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ricci_curvature" title="Ricci curvature">Ricci curvature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scalar_curvature" title="Scalar curvature">Scalar curvature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sectional_curvature" title="Sectional curvature">Sectional curvature</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Connection_(mathematics)" title="Connection (mathematics)">Curvature of connections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Curvature_form" title="Curvature form">Curvature form</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torsion_tensor" title="Torsion tensor">Torsion tensor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cocurvature" title="Cocurvature">Cocurvature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holonomy" title="Holonomy">Holonomy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link 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href="/wiki/Ricci_curvature" title="Ricci curvature">Ricci</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sectional_curvature" title="Sectional curvature">Sectional</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exponential_map_(Riemannian_geometry)" title="Exponential map (Riemannian geometry)">Exponential map</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geodesic" title="Geodesic">Geodesic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inner_product_space" title="Inner product space">Inner product</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metric_tensor" title="Metric tensor">Metric tensor</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Levi-Civita_connection" title="Levi-Civita connection">Levi-Civita connection</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Covariant_derivative" title="Covariant derivative">Covariant derivative</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metric_signature" title="Metric signature">Signature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raising_and_lowering_indices" title="Raising and lowering indices">Raising and lowering indices</a>/<a href="/wiki/Musical_isomorphism" title="Musical isomorphism">Musical isomorphism</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parallel_transport" title="Parallel transport">Parallel transport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riemannian_manifold" title="Riemannian manifold">Riemannian manifold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pseudo-Riemannian_manifold" title="Pseudo-Riemannian manifold">Pseudo-Riemannian manifold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riemannian_volume_form" class="mw-redirect" title="Riemannian volume form">Riemannian volume form</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Types of manifolds</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hermitian_manifold" title="Hermitian manifold">Hermitian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyperbolic_manifold" title="Hyperbolic manifold">Hyperbolic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%C3%A4hler_manifold" title="Kähler manifold">Kähler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenmotsu_manifold" title="Kenmotsu manifold">Kenmotsu</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Main results</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fundamental_theorem_of_Riemannian_geometry" title="Fundamental theorem of Riemannian geometry">Fundamental theorem of Riemannian geometry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gauss%27s_lemma_(Riemannian_geometry)" title="Gauss's lemma (Riemannian geometry)">Gauss's lemma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gauss%E2%80%93Bonnet_theorem" title="Gauss–Bonnet theorem">Gauss–Bonnet theorem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hopf%E2%80%93Rinow_theorem" title="Hopf–Rinow theorem">Hopf–Rinow theorem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nash_embedding_theorem" class="mw-redirect" title="Nash embedding theorem">Nash embedding theorem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ricci_flow" title="Ricci flow">Ricci flow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schur%27s_lemma_(Riemannian_geometry)" title="Schur's lemma (Riemannian geometry)">Schur's lemma</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Generalizations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Finsler_manifold" title="Finsler manifold">Finsler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hilbert_manifold" title="Hilbert manifold">Hilbert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sub-Riemannian_manifold" title="Sub-Riemannian manifold">Sub-Riemannian</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Applications</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/General_relativity" title="General relativity">General relativity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geometrization_conjecture" title="Geometrization conjecture">Geometrization conjecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poincar%C3%A9_conjecture" title="Poincaré conjecture">Poincaré conjecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniformization_theorem" title="Uniformization theorem">Uniformization theorem</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Manifolds_(Glossary)" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist 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manifold">Topological manifold</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Atlas_(topology)" title="Atlas (topology)">Atlas</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Differentiable_manifold" title="Differentiable manifold">Differentiable/Smooth manifold</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Differential_structure" title="Differential structure">Differential structure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smooth_structure" title="Smooth structure">Smooth atlas</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Submanifold" title="Submanifold">Submanifold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riemannian_manifold" title="Riemannian manifold">Riemannian manifold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smoothness" title="Smoothness">Smooth map</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Submersion_(mathematics)" title="Submersion (mathematics)">Submersion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pushforward_(differential)" title="Pushforward (differential)">Pushforward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tangent_space" title="Tangent space">Tangent space</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Differential_form" title="Differential form">Differential form</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vector_field" title="Vector field">Vector field</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Main results <span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Category:Theorems_in_differential_geometry" title="Category:Theorems in differential geometry">(list)</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Atiyah%E2%80%93Singer_index_theorem" title="Atiyah–Singer index theorem">Atiyah–Singer index</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darboux%27s_theorem" title="Darboux's theorem">Darboux's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Rham_cohomology#De_Rham's_theorem" title="De Rham cohomology">De Rham's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frobenius_theorem_(differential_topology)" title="Frobenius theorem (differential topology)">Frobenius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Generalized_Stokes_theorem" title="Generalized Stokes theorem">Generalized Stokes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hopf%E2%80%93Rinow_theorem" title="Hopf–Rinow theorem">Hopf–Rinow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noether%27s_theorem" title="Noether's theorem">Noether's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sard%27s_theorem" title="Sard's theorem">Sard's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitney_embedding_theorem" title="Whitney embedding theorem">Whitney embedding</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Smoothness" title="Smoothness">Maps</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Differentiable_curve" title="Differentiable curve">Curve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diffeomorphism" title="Diffeomorphism">Diffeomorphism</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Local_diffeomorphism" title="Local diffeomorphism">Local</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geodesic" title="Geodesic">Geodesic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Exponential_map_(Riemannian_geometry)" title="Exponential map (Riemannian geometry)">Exponential map</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Exponential_map_(Lie_theory)" title="Exponential map (Lie theory)">in Lie theory</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foliation" title="Foliation">Foliation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Immersion_(mathematics)" title="Immersion (mathematics)">Immersion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Integral_curve" title="Integral curve">Integral curve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lie_derivative" title="Lie derivative">Lie derivative</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Section_(fiber_bundle)" title="Section (fiber bundle)">Section</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Submersion_(mathematics)" title="Submersion (mathematics)">Submersion</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Types of<br />manifolds</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Closed_manifold" title="Closed manifold">Closed</a></li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Almost_complex_manifold" title="Almost complex manifold">Almost</a>) <a href="/wiki/Complex_manifold" title="Complex manifold">Complex</a></li> <li>(<a href="/wiki/Almost-contact_manifold" title="Almost-contact manifold">Almost</a>) <a href="/wiki/Contact_manifold" class="mw-redirect" title="Contact manifold">Contact</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fibered_manifold" title="Fibered manifold">Fibered</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finsler_manifold" title="Finsler manifold">Finsler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flat_manifold" title="Flat manifold">Flat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G-structure_on_a_manifold" title="G-structure on a manifold">G-structure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hadamard_manifold" title="Hadamard manifold">Hadamard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hermitian_manifold" title="Hermitian manifold">Hermitian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyperbolic_manifold" title="Hyperbolic manifold">Hyperbolic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%C3%A4hler_manifold" title="Kähler manifold">Kähler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenmotsu_manifold" title="Kenmotsu manifold">Kenmotsu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lie_group" title="Lie group">Lie group</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lie_group%E2%80%93Lie_algebra_correspondence" title="Lie group–Lie algebra correspondence">Lie algebra</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manifold_with_boundary" class="mw-redirect" title="Manifold with boundary">Manifold with boundary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orientability" title="Orientability">Oriented</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parallelizable_manifold" title="Parallelizable manifold">Parallelizable</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poisson_manifold" title="Poisson manifold">Poisson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_manifold" title="Prime manifold">Prime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quaternionic_manifold" title="Quaternionic manifold">Quaternionic</a></li> <li><a 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gravity">Gauss's law for gravity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poisson%27s_equation#Newtonian_gravity" title="Poisson's equation">Poisson's equation for gravity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_gravitational_theory" title="History of gravitational theory">History of gravitational theory</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/General_relativity" title="General relativity">General relativity (GR)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Introduction_to_general_relativity" title="Introduction to general relativity">Introduction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_general_relativity" title="History of general relativity">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mathematics_of_general_relativity" title="Mathematics of general relativity">Mathematics</a></li> <li><a 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to general relativity">Alternatives to<br />general relativity</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Paradigms</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alternatives_to_general_relativity" title="Alternatives to general relativity">Classical theories of gravitation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quantum_gravity" title="Quantum gravity">Quantum gravity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theory_of_everything" title="Theory of everything">Theory of everything</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Classical</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Poincar%C3%A9_gauge_theory&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Poincaré gauge theory (page does not exist)">Poincaré gauge theory</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Einstein%E2%80%93Cartan_theory" title="Einstein–Cartan theory">Einstein–Cartan</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Teleparallelism" title="Teleparallelism">Teleparallelism</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bimetric_gravity" title="Bimetric gravity">Bimetric theories</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gauge_theory_gravity" title="Gauge theory gravity">Gauge theory gravity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Composite_gravity" title="Composite gravity">Composite gravity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/F(R)_gravity" title="F(R) gravity"><i>f</i>(<i>R</i>) gravity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Infinite_derivative_gravity" title="Infinite derivative gravity">Infinite derivative gravity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Massive_gravity" title="Massive gravity">Massive gravity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modified_Newtonian_dynamics" title="Modified Newtonian dynamics">Modified Newtonian dynamics, MOND</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/AQUAL" title="AQUAL">AQUAL</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Tensor%E2%80%93vector%E2%80%93scalar_gravity" title="Tensor–vector–scalar gravity">Tensor–vector–scalar</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nonsymmetric_gravitational_theory" title="Nonsymmetric gravitational theory">Nonsymmetric gravitation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scalar%E2%80%93tensor_theory" title="Scalar–tensor theory">Scalar–tensor theories</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Brans%E2%80%93Dicke_theory" title="Brans–Dicke theory">Brans–Dicke</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scalar%E2%80%93tensor%E2%80%93vector_gravity" title="Scalar–tensor–vector gravity">Scalar–tensor–vector</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conformal_gravity" title="Conformal gravity">Conformal gravity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scalar_theories_of_gravitation" title="Scalar theories of gravitation">Scalar theories</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Nordstr%C3%B6m%27s_theory_of_gravitation" title="Nordström's theory of gravitation">Nordström</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitehead%27s_theory_of_gravitation" title="Whitehead's theory of gravitation">Whitehead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geometrodynamics" title="Geometrodynamics">Geometrodynamics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Induced_gravity" title="Induced gravity">Induced gravity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Degenerate_Higher-Order_Scalar-Tensor_theories" title="Degenerate Higher-Order Scalar-Tensor theories">Degenerate Higher-Order Scalar-Tensor theories</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Quantum-mechanical</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Euclidean_quantum_gravity" title="Euclidean quantum gravity">Euclidean quantum gravity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canonical_quantum_gravity" title="Canonical quantum gravity">Canonical quantum gravity</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Wheeler%E2%80%93DeWitt_equation" title="Wheeler–DeWitt equation">Wheeler–DeWitt equation</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Loop_quantum_gravity" title="Loop quantum gravity">Loop quantum gravity</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Spin_foam" title="Spin foam">Spin foam</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Causal_dynamical_triangulation" title="Causal dynamical triangulation">Causal dynamical triangulation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asymptotic_safety_in_quantum_gravity" title="Asymptotic safety in quantum gravity">Asymptotic safety in quantum gravity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Causal_sets" title="Causal sets">Causal sets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DGP_model" title="DGP model">DGP model</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rainbow_gravity_theory" title="Rainbow gravity theory">Rainbow gravity theory</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Unified-field-theoric</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kaluza%E2%80%93Klein_theory" title="Kaluza–Klein theory">Kaluza–Klein theory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supergravity" title="Supergravity">Supergravity</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Unified-field-theoric and <br /> quantum-mechanical</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Noncommutative_quantum_field_theory" title="Noncommutative quantum field theory">Noncommutative geometry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Semiclassical_gravity" title="Semiclassical gravity">Semiclassical gravity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Superfluid_vacuum_theory" title="Superfluid vacuum theory">Superfluid vacuum theory</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Superfluid_vacuum_theory#Logarithmic_BEC_vacuum_theory" title="Superfluid vacuum theory">Logarithmic BEC vacuum</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/String_theory" title="String theory">String theory</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/M-theory" title="M-theory">M-theory</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/F-theory" title="F-theory">F-theory</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Heterotic_string_theory" title="Heterotic string theory">Heterotic string theory</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Type_I_string_theory" title="Type I string theory">Type I string theory</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Type_0_string_theory" title="Type 0 string theory">Type 0 string theory</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Bosonic_string_theory" title="Bosonic string theory">Bosonic string theory</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Type_II_string_theory" title="Type II string theory">Type II string theory</a></span></li> <li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Little_string_theory" title="Little string theory">Little string theory</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twistor_theory" title="Twistor theory">Twistor theory</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Twistor_string_theory" title="Twistor string theory">Twistor string theory</a></span></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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