(relativity) The deviation of a spacelike three-dimensional subspace of curved space-time from euclidean geometry. The Gaussian curvature of a spacelike three-dimensional subspace of curved space-time.
curvature of space
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- cosmological constant (relativity)
- Riemann tensors (mathematics)
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- Einstein tensor (relativity)
- Riemann-Christoffel tensor (mathematics)
- Vulcan (in astronomy)
- Hermann Minkowski (Russian–German mathematician)
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- binary star (in astronomy)
- Karl Schwarzschild (German astronomer)
- gravitation (in physics)
- Albert Einstein (American-German physicist)
