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Novikov self-consistency principle
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English
Etymology
Developed by Russian physicist Igor Dmitriyevich Novikov in the mid-1980s.
Proper noun
1
en physics A conjecture asserting that it is impossible to create paradoxes by time travel because the past cannot be changed.
en Novikov self-consistency conjecture
See also
en Polchinski's paradox
en eponyms
en Time travel