The time travel paradox
arXiv:gr-qc/0109029 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.65.064013
Abstract
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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