The existence of cosmic time functions

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DOI10.1098/rspa.1969.0018zbMath0181.57303OpenAlexW2075639113MaRDI QIDQ5573332

Stephen W. Hawking

Publication date: 1969

Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A. Mathematical and Physical Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.1969.0018




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