Riemannian curvature space
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.