Unwrapping closed timelike curves

DOI10.1007/s10701-008-9253-xzbMath1163.83324arXiv0808.0956OpenAlexW3100339462MaRDI QIDQ1013711

Sergei Slobodov

Publication date: 21 April 2009

Published in: Foundations of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0808.0956

zbMATH Keywords

closed timelike curvesGödel universeGott spacetime

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Analogues of general relativity in lower dimensions (83C80) Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10)

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