Let (M,g) be a riemannian manifold, I define a flow of affine connections ∇t:
∂∇X∂tY=R(dr∗,X)Y
where R is the curvature of ∇, and r is the scalar curvature of ∇ which is the trace of the Ricci curvature of ∇ (the trace of X→R(X,Y)Z).
Have we solutions of this flow for short time?