Misner space

GPTKB entity

Statements (18)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:logic
spacetime
causal structure pathology
gptkbp:builtBy identifying points in Minkowski space
gptkbp:describedBy gptkb:general_relativity
gptkbp:dimensions 2
gptkbp:firstDescribed 1967
gptkbp:hasProperty contains closed timelike curves
locally flat
gptkbp:hasTopology cylinder
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Misner space
gptkbp:includesMetric ds^2 = -2dudv + u^2 dφ^2
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Charles_W._Misner
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Minkowski_space
gptkb:Taub–NUT_space
gptkbp:usedIn study of chronology protection conjecture
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Charles_Misner
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5