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Ricci-flat Riemannian manifold (Ric=0)

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This is the positive-definite metric case of a Ricci-flat manifold.
A Ricci-flat Riemannian manifold has identically zero Ricci tensor. Every flat Riemannian manifold is Ricci-flat, while the converse can fail in dimension at least four.

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