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On the Existence of “Time Machines” in General Relativity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2022

John Byron Manchak
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Abstract

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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Philosophy of Science , Volume 76 , Issue 5 , December 2009 , pp. 1020 - 1026
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Copyright © The Philosophy of Science Association

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Footnotes

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I wish to thank John Earman, David Malament, Christopher Smeenk, and Christian Wüthrich for helpful discussions on this topic.

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