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We consider a collapsing spherically symmetric inhomogeneous dust cloud in higher dimensional space-time. We show that the central singularity of collapse can be a strong curvature or a weak curvature naked singularity depending on the initial density distribution.
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Patil, K., Ghate, S. & Saraykar, R. Spherically symmetric inhomogeneous dust collapse in higher dimensional space-time and cosmic censorship hypothesis. Pramana - J Phys 56, 503–511 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12043-001-0099-4
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