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DescriptionModels of locality Spacetime.png
English: Introductory diagram for locality models sketching out the spacetime concept.
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A spacetime diagram has a local region around Alice and around Bob. Dashed lines around Alice show her valid future locations; dashed lines around Bob show events that could have caused his present circumstance.