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Time machine, self-consistency and the foundations of quantum mechanics

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A self-consistent description is given of the evolution of a quantum system in the presence of closed timelike curves (CTC's). Owing to the self-consistency principle (SCP), the nonlocal character of quantum mechanics emerges as a conceptual requirement

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Gonella, F. Time machine, self-consistency and the foundations of quantum mechanics. Found Phys Lett 7, 161–166 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02415507

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