Optimal time travel in the Gödel universe

DOI10.1007/s10714-011-1308-1zbMath1241.83018arXiv1105.6197MaRDI QIDQ2429529

José Natário

Publication date: 27 April 2012

Published in: General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1105.6197

zbMATH Keywords

closed timelike curves; Gödel universe; total integrated acceleration

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

83F05: Relativistic cosmology

83C05: Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems)

83C15: Exact solutions to problems in general relativity and gravitational theory

83C10: Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory

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