On the possibility of supertasks in general relativity

DOI10.1007/s10701-009-9390-xzbMath1195.82054OpenAlexW2019172535MaRDI QIDQ967229

John Byron Manchak

Publication date: 28 April 2010

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

Full work available at URL: http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/5020/1/Supertasks.pdf

zbMATH Keywords

general relativitycomputationMalament-Hogarth space-timessupertasks

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05) Dynamic lattice systems (kinetic Ising, etc.) and systems on graphs in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C20) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10)

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Cites Work

• Is prediction possible in general relativity?
• Is spacetime hole-free?
• Timelike curves of limited acceleration in general relativity
• Domain of Dependence
• The Large Scale Structure of Space-Time

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