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

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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.

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Item Type:	Preprint
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Manchak, John Byron
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory
Depositing User:	John Byron Manchak
Date Deposited:	30 Jun 2007
Last Modified:	07 Oct 2010 15:15
Item ID:	3403
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Physics > Relativity Theory
Date:	June 2007
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/3403

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