“Time Travel” in Godel Spacetime: Why It Doesn’t
Pay to Work Out All the Kinks

Manchak, John Byron (2007) “Time Travel” in Godel Spacetime: Why It Doesn’t
Pay to Work Out All the Kinks.

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Abstract

Here we provide a proof that there exist closed timelike curves in Gödel spacetime with total acceleration less than 2π(9 + 6√3)^1/2. This answers a question posed by David Malament.

Subjects:Specific Sciences: Physics: Relativity Theory
ID Code:3403
Deposited By:Manchak, John Byron
Deposited On:30 June 2007