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Contract the isotropic-curvature formula on a,c. In dimension n it gives
Rbd​=(n−1)Kgbd​,R=n(n−1)K.
(1)
Substitution into the contracted Bianchi identity gives
(n−1)∇b​K=21​n(n−1)∇b​K.
(2)
Since n>2, ∇b​K=0, so K is constant on each connected component. Thus this is constant sectional curvature, with
K=n(n−1)R​​.
(3)
This argument is Schur theorem in pseudo-Riemannian geometry.

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