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Classical physics encompasses the study of physical phenomena which range from local (a point) to nonlocal (a region) in space and/or time. We discuss the concept of spatial and temporal nonlocality. However, one of the likely implications pertaining to non-locality is non-causality. We study causality in the context of phenomena involving nonlocality. An appropriate domain of space and time which preserves causality is identified.
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Asrarul Haque is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Physics, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad campus. His field of research is nonlocal quantum field theories and theoretical high energy physics.
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Haque, A. Causality in classical physics. Reson 19, 523–537 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12045-014-0056-4
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12045-014-0056-4