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On the Existence of 'Time Machines' in General Relativity

Manchak, John (2009) On the Existence of 'Time Machines' in General Relativity. In: UNSPECIFIED.

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Within the context of general relativity, we consider one definition of a 'time machine' proposed by Earman, Smeenk, and Wuthrich (2009). They conjecture that, under under their definition, the class of time machine spacetimes is not empty. Here, we prove this conjecture.


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Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (UNSPECIFIED)
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Manchak, John
Keywords: Time Machine, Time Travel
Subjects: Specific Sciences > Physics
Depositing User: John Byron Manchak
Date Deposited: 11 Mar 2009
Last Modified: 07 Oct 2010 15:17
Item ID: 4507
Subjects: Specific Sciences > Physics
Date: 2009
URI: https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/4507

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