##  [Riemann Curvature Tensor](/riemann-curvature-tensor) 

  ##  [Riemann Curvature Tensor](https://natural.quantumdictionary.io/riemann-curvature-tensor-0) 

  

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Definition

A multilinear map assigned to an affine connection that measures the failure of successive parallel transports or covariant derivatives to commute; its components encode the intrinsic curvature of a metricized geometric space.