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What Does It Mean for a Singularity to be Resolved?

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We have now seen and studied in quite some detail a general mechanism by which loop quantum cosmology can resolve singularities, based on the fundamental difference equation, and a very specific one of an effective bounce in a solvable model. In such a situation, and also in comparison with Wheeler–DeWitt quantizations, the question arises what it should mean, in general, for a singularity to be resolved. singularity

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Bojowald, M. (2011). What Does It Mean for a Singularity to be Resolved?. In: Quantum Cosmology. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 835. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8276-6_7

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