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A four-valent tensor whose coordinates (components) are defined by the objects <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/r/r081/r081850/r0818501.png" /> of the connection of the space, which are called the Christoffel symbols (cf. [[Christoffel symbol|Christoffel symbol]]) of the second kind. A Riemann–Christoffel tensor is also known as a Riemann tensor. See [[Riemann tensor|Riemann tensor]].