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.

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Publicado en:Philosophy of Science Vol. 76; no. 5; pp. 1020 - 1027
Autor principal: Manchak, John Byron
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Publicado: 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.