Title: Curvature Contents of Geometric Spaces

We discuss curvature relevant deformations of spaces and indicate the existence of some individual capacity of a manifold (and more general spaces) measuring a maximal amount of curvature that could be carried by this space.

1991 Mathematics Subject Classification: 53 and 58

Keywords and Phrases: Curvature, Rigidity, Flexibility

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