Riemannian curvature space

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Definition

Let be a real vector space with a Euclidean inner product. The Riemannian curvature space of is the space of -tensors on of the following description:

is in the Riemannian curvature space if is alternating in and , and further, for any , the map is alternating in and .

By the canonical identification of -tensors with -tensors, the Riemannian curvature space can be identified with the symmetric square of the exterior square of the vector space.