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Janus Points and Arrows of Time

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2016-04-15 v1

Abstract

We clarify and strengthen our demonstration that arrows of time necessarily arise in unconfined systems. Contrary to a recent claim, this does not require an improbable selection principle.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1604.03956,
  title  = {Janus Points and Arrows of Time},
  author = {Julian Barbour and Tim Koslowski and Flavio Mercati},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1604.03956},
  year   = {2016}
}

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3 pages

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