 Riemannian product (source code)

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= Riemannian product
{wiki=Product_manifold#Riemannian}

For Riemannian manifolds $(M,g)$ and $(N,h)$, the product metric on $M\times N$ is $g\oplus h$. Its Levi-Civita connection and curvature split by factors, so its Ricci and scalar curvatures are the corresponding sums.

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