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Final Fate of a Massive Star Pankaj S. Joshi The talk is divided in the following main parts: I. INTRODUCTORY II. A STABILITY ANALYSIS: Introducing Small Pressures in Dust…

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G. Esposito 1 - Historical background 2 - GR singularities in the sixties 3 - Feynman quantization of GR 4 - Quantum cosmology 5 - Singularity avoidance? 6 - Assessment Stephen…