The Riemann curvature possesses symmetries like anti-symmetry of the variables or Bianchi identities. The first Bianchi identity seems to imply that:
g(R(x,y)z,t)=∑i[g(Si(x),z)g(S′i(y),t)+g(Si(y),t)g(S′i(x),z)−
−g(Si(x),t)g(S′i(y),z)−g(Si(y),z)g(S′i(x),t)]
there g is the metric, R is the Riemann curvature and Si,S′i are symmetric endomorphisms of the tangent bundle S∗i=Si,(S′i)∗=S′i.
Then, the second Bianchi identity is implied if the Si are parallel for the Levi-Civita connection ∇Si=∇S′i=0.
It follows that under conditions the Ricci curvature Ric can be decomposed:
Ric=∑i[tr(Si)S′i+tr(S′i)Si−SiS′i−S′iSi]
with ∇Si=∇S′i=0.
Can such a decomposition of the curvatures always happen when the manifold is Einstein?