%0 Journal Article %T A remark on kinks and time machines %A Ulvi Yurtsever %J Physics %D 1994 %I arXiv %R 10.1007/BF02108071 %X We describe an elementary proof that a manifold with the topology of the Politzer time machine does not admit a nonsingular, asymptotically flat Lorentz metric. %U http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9409040v1