(Non-)Causality in General Relativity: The Gödel universe
in a GFM lecture series
IIIUL, B1-01
2010-03-12 14:00
2010-03-12 15:00
2010-03-12
14:00
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15:00
by Atle Hahn (GFMUL, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal)
This is the fifth of a series of lectures on General Relativity. The main topic of the present lecture will be the "Gödel universe". This is a solution of the Einstein field equations with several very remarkable features like, e.g., the existence of closed "time-like" curves. The lecture is directed to a broad audience. Hopefully, both mathematicians (at graduate level) and physicists (at advanced undergraduate level) will be able to benefit.