Scalar Curvature at Math Glossary

What is it? Part of the curvature of a Riemannian manifold at a given point p, or the corresponding real-valued function of p. It can be defined as the limiting discrepancy between the volume of a small metric ball at p and the volume in Euclidean space of a ball the

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