Do Open Timelike Curves Exist?

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These are apparently Closed Timelike Curves that don't violate causality, do they exist?
 
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Matterwave said:
Can you describe what they are better? Or provide a source that discusses them? I've never heard of this terminology.
https://arxiv.org/abs/1206.5485
Only big thing I could find on them.
 
TheQuestionGuy14 said:
These are apparently Closed Timelike Curves that don't violate causality, do they exist?
None have been observed.
 
Vanadium 50 said:
I see these threads from QuestionGuy over and over and over and wonder if I am in a closed timelike curve!
@TheQuestionGuy14 V50 is right, this is quite tiresome. If you have questions about the theoretical literature on closed timelike curves then you are welcome to post them here. There is a body of literature on the theory of CTC solutions to GR.

However please stop asking any questions related to their existence. No such curves have been observed, they are purely theoretical. They have no known bearing on reality.

Further posts on CTC existence or reality will be summarily deleted. Thread closed
 
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