- In
mathematical physics, a
closed timelike curve (CTC) is a
world line in a
Lorentzian manifold, of a
material particle in spacetime, that is "closed"...
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classified into
three disjoint types. A
tangent vector X {\displaystyle X} is:
timelike if g ( X , X ) < 0 {\displaystyle \,g(X,X)<0} null or
lightlike if g (...
- is chosen,
timelike and null
vectors can be
further decomposed into
various classes. For
timelike vectors, one has ****ure-directed
timelike vectors whose...
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Timelike Infinity is a 1992
science fiction book by
British author Stephen Baxter. The
second book in the
Xeelee Sequence,
Timelike Infinity introduces...
- principle.
Consider the case of
trying to find a
geodesic between two
timelike-separated events. Let the
action be S = ∫ d s {\displaystyle S=\int ds}...
- the
universe and
Timelike Infinity's
singularity of the ****ure. An
omnibus edition of the
first four
Xeelee novels (Raft,
Timelike Infinity, Flux, and...
-
relativity contain closed timelike curves—for
example the Gödel metric.
Novikov discussed the
possibility of
closed timelike curves (CTCs) in
books he...
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physicists to
solve equations describing how
probabilities behave along closed timelike curves (CTCs),
which are
theoretical loops in
spacetime that
might make...
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distinguished as
timelike. A
timelike homotopy between two
timelike curves is a
homotopy such that each
intermediate curve is
timelike. No
closed timelike curve...
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travel that
contain closed timelike curves that lead back to the same
point in spacetime,
physics in or near
closed timelike curves (time machines) can...
