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arxiv: gr-qc/0109029 · v2 · submitted 2001-09-10 · 🌀 gr-qc

The time travel paradox

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We define the time travel paradox in physical terms and prove its existence by constructing an explicit example. We argue further that in theories -- such as general relativity -- where the spacetime geometry is subject to nothing but differential equations and initial data no paradoxes arise.

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