Definition
Given data
A real vector space
with an inner product
(making it into the usual Euclidean space).
Definition part
The Riemann curvature space over
, denoted
, is the space of multilinear forms on
in 4 variables, satisfying the following identities:
(viz
is antisymmetric in the first two variables)
(viz
is antisymmetric in the last two variables)
(The first Bianchi identity)
(this follows from the above three)
Note that
sits naturally as a subspace inside the space
(follows from the facts (1), (2) and (4).