On the Existence of "Time Machines" in General Relativity.
Within the context of general relativity, we consider one definition of a "time machine" proposed by Earman, Smeenk, and Wüthrich. They conjecture that, under their definition, the class of time machine spacetimes is not empty. Here, we prove this conjecture.
| Publicado en: | Philosophy of Science Vol. 76; no. 5; pp. 1020 - 1027 |
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Cambridge University Press
Dec2009
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| Sumario: | Within the context of general relativity, we consider one definition of a "time machine" proposed by Earman, Smeenk, and Wüthrich. They conjecture that, under their definition, the class of time machine spacetimes is not empty. Here, we prove this conjecture. |
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