Degeneracy in a transport problem arises when the number of occupied cells is less then: (number of columns + number of rows)-1
the phenomenon of obtaining a degenerate basic feasible solution in a linear programming problem known as degeneracy.
electron degeneracy pressure
The degeneracy theory was proposed by George G. Simpson in 1944. Simpson suggested that evolution could lead to the retention of non-functional traits or "degenerate" characteristics in a species.
This is a guess, but I suspect the person means the electron degeneracy pressure.
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Two or more different states of a quantum mechanical system are said to be degenerateif they give the same value of energy upon measurement. The number of different states corresponding to a particular energy level is known as the degeneracy of the level, as zeeman effect split the spectral lines in to several components having slight differences in freguency, as frequency corresponds to energy I think in this way degeneracy of energy levels is removed.
The core contracts and becomes a black hole.
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Neutron degeneracy pressure, in which the neutrons themselves prevents further collapse.
White dwarfs are prevented from collapsing further by electron degeneracy pressure. If the mass of a stellar remnant exceeds the Chandrasekhar limit, about 1.4 solar masses, gravity will overcome this pressure and form a much smaller and denser neutron star. Further collapse in a neutron star is prevented by neutron degeneracy pressure up until the Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff limit of about 3 solar masses, at which point gravity causes a complete collapse, forming a black hole.
Further collapse of a white dwarf is prevented by electron degeneracy pressure.