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How to solve this: $sin(x)arccos(x) + xcos(x) > 0$? I have drawn some graphs and investigated that $0<xleq1$. But how to prove it?










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    Do you mean $text{acos}(x)=arccos(x)$?
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    @YadatiKiran Yes!
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    There must be an interval in which this inequality holds, put $x = -4pi$ and expression becomes negative. In what interval this inequality holds? I mean is the problem statement complete
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    @K.K.McDonald. Do you want to compute $arccos(-4pi)$ ?
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    Can any part of this expression be negative in $[0,1]$?
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How to solve this: $sin(x)arccos(x) + xcos(x) > 0$? I have drawn some graphs and investigated that $0<xleq1$. But how to prove it?










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    Do you mean $text{acos}(x)=arccos(x)$?
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    @YadatiKiran Yes!
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    There must be an interval in which this inequality holds, put $x = -4pi$ and expression becomes negative. In what interval this inequality holds? I mean is the problem statement complete
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    @K.K.McDonald. Do you want to compute $arccos(-4pi)$ ?
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    Can any part of this expression be negative in $[0,1]$?
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How to solve this: $sin(x)arccos(x) + xcos(x) > 0$? I have drawn some graphs and investigated that $0<xleq1$. But how to prove it?










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How to solve this: $sin(x)arccos(x) + xcos(x) > 0$? I have drawn some graphs and investigated that $0<xleq1$. But how to prove it?







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    Do you mean $text{acos}(x)=arccos(x)$?
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    – Yadati Kiran
    Dec 20 '18 at 7:05












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    @YadatiKiran Yes!
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    – Tortik2020
    Dec 20 '18 at 7:06










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    There must be an interval in which this inequality holds, put $x = -4pi$ and expression becomes negative. In what interval this inequality holds? I mean is the problem statement complete
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    – K.K.McDonald
    Dec 20 '18 at 7:13












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    @K.K.McDonald. Do you want to compute $arccos(-4pi)$ ?
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    – Claude Leibovici
    Dec 20 '18 at 7:16










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    Can any part of this expression be negative in $[0,1]$?
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    – A.Γ.
    Dec 20 '18 at 7:29


















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    Do you mean $text{acos}(x)=arccos(x)$?
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    – Yadati Kiran
    Dec 20 '18 at 7:05












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    @YadatiKiran Yes!
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    – Tortik2020
    Dec 20 '18 at 7:06










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    There must be an interval in which this inequality holds, put $x = -4pi$ and expression becomes negative. In what interval this inequality holds? I mean is the problem statement complete
    $endgroup$
    – K.K.McDonald
    Dec 20 '18 at 7:13












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    @K.K.McDonald. Do you want to compute $arccos(-4pi)$ ?
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    – Claude Leibovici
    Dec 20 '18 at 7:16










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    Can any part of this expression be negative in $[0,1]$?
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    Dec 20 '18 at 7:29
















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Do you mean $text{acos}(x)=arccos(x)$?
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– Yadati Kiran
Dec 20 '18 at 7:05






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Do you mean $text{acos}(x)=arccos(x)$?
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– Yadati Kiran
Dec 20 '18 at 7:05














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@YadatiKiran Yes!
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– Tortik2020
Dec 20 '18 at 7:06




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@YadatiKiran Yes!
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– Tortik2020
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There must be an interval in which this inequality holds, put $x = -4pi$ and expression becomes negative. In what interval this inequality holds? I mean is the problem statement complete
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– K.K.McDonald
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There must be an interval in which this inequality holds, put $x = -4pi$ and expression becomes negative. In what interval this inequality holds? I mean is the problem statement complete
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– K.K.McDonald
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@K.K.McDonald. Do you want to compute $arccos(-4pi)$ ?
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– Claude Leibovici
Dec 20 '18 at 7:16




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@K.K.McDonald. Do you want to compute $arccos(-4pi)$ ?
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– Claude Leibovici
Dec 20 '18 at 7:16












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Can any part of this expression be negative in $[0,1]$?
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– A.Γ.
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Can any part of this expression be negative in $[0,1]$?
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The domain here is $[-1,1]$. Clearly, when $x = 0$, the left hand side evaluates to $0$, so it doesn't hold.



When $xin[-1,0)$, we have $sin(x) < 0$ and $arccos(x) > 0$, so the first term is negative; similarly, $x < 0$ and $cos(x) > 0$, so the second term is negative. Thus the left hand side is negative, and so it doesn't satisfy the inequality.



Finally, when $xin(0,1]$, we have $sin(x),cos(x),x > 0$ and $arccos(x) geq 0$, so the left hand side must be positive, thus satisfying the inequality.






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    @egreg I don't think this is quite true, as $arccos$ is not an even function.
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Not a sufficient proof.



Because of the $cos ^{-1}(x)$, the domain is limited to $-1 leq x leq 1$. Using a Taylor expansion built around $x=0$, we have
$$f(x)=sin (x) cos ^{-1}(x)+x cos (x)=left(1+frac{pi }{2}right) x-x^2-left(frac{1}{2}+frac{pi }{12}right) x^3+Oleft(x^5right)$$ and the rhs does not show, in the considered interval, any root except the trivial $x=0$. The rhs goes through a maximum at $$x_*=frac{sqrt{160+64 pi +8 pi ^2}-8}{12+2 pi }approx 0.709757 implies f(x_*) approx 1.04772$$ and $f(1)=cos(1) >0$.



For the fun of it, plot the function and the Taylor series on the same graph.






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    i like the "not a sufficient proof" part, but this builds up pretty well ;) +1
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    The “domain” is limited, rather than the range.
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    @egreg. Thanks for pointing out my bad English ! Cheers :-(
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    False friends? :-)
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    @egreg. At the time, in French, we did not use to make the distinction. The key problem is that this was almost 65 years ago and probably I did not update my vocabulary. Cheers and now :-)
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The domain here is $[-1,1]$. Clearly, when $x = 0$, the left hand side evaluates to $0$, so it doesn't hold.



When $xin[-1,0)$, we have $sin(x) < 0$ and $arccos(x) > 0$, so the first term is negative; similarly, $x < 0$ and $cos(x) > 0$, so the second term is negative. Thus the left hand side is negative, and so it doesn't satisfy the inequality.



Finally, when $xin(0,1]$, we have $sin(x),cos(x),x > 0$ and $arccos(x) geq 0$, so the left hand side must be positive, thus satisfying the inequality.






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The domain here is $[-1,1]$. Clearly, when $x = 0$, the left hand side evaluates to $0$, so it doesn't hold.



When $xin[-1,0)$, we have $sin(x) < 0$ and $arccos(x) > 0$, so the first term is negative; similarly, $x < 0$ and $cos(x) > 0$, so the second term is negative. Thus the left hand side is negative, and so it doesn't satisfy the inequality.



Finally, when $xin(0,1]$, we have $sin(x),cos(x),x > 0$ and $arccos(x) geq 0$, so the left hand side must be positive, thus satisfying the inequality.






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    @egreg I don't think this is quite true, as $arccos$ is not an even function.
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The domain here is $[-1,1]$. Clearly, when $x = 0$, the left hand side evaluates to $0$, so it doesn't hold.



When $xin[-1,0)$, we have $sin(x) < 0$ and $arccos(x) > 0$, so the first term is negative; similarly, $x < 0$ and $cos(x) > 0$, so the second term is negative. Thus the left hand side is negative, and so it doesn't satisfy the inequality.



Finally, when $xin(0,1]$, we have $sin(x),cos(x),x > 0$ and $arccos(x) geq 0$, so the left hand side must be positive, thus satisfying the inequality.






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The domain here is $[-1,1]$. Clearly, when $x = 0$, the left hand side evaluates to $0$, so it doesn't hold.



When $xin[-1,0)$, we have $sin(x) < 0$ and $arccos(x) > 0$, so the first term is negative; similarly, $x < 0$ and $cos(x) > 0$, so the second term is negative. Thus the left hand side is negative, and so it doesn't satisfy the inequality.



Finally, when $xin(0,1]$, we have $sin(x),cos(x),x > 0$ and $arccos(x) geq 0$, so the left hand side must be positive, thus satisfying the inequality.







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    @egreg I don't think this is quite true, as $arccos$ is not an even function.
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@egreg I don't think this is quite true, as $arccos$ is not an even function.
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@egreg I don't think this is quite true, as $arccos$ is not an even function.
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Not a sufficient proof.



Because of the $cos ^{-1}(x)$, the domain is limited to $-1 leq x leq 1$. Using a Taylor expansion built around $x=0$, we have
$$f(x)=sin (x) cos ^{-1}(x)+x cos (x)=left(1+frac{pi }{2}right) x-x^2-left(frac{1}{2}+frac{pi }{12}right) x^3+Oleft(x^5right)$$ and the rhs does not show, in the considered interval, any root except the trivial $x=0$. The rhs goes through a maximum at $$x_*=frac{sqrt{160+64 pi +8 pi ^2}-8}{12+2 pi }approx 0.709757 implies f(x_*) approx 1.04772$$ and $f(1)=cos(1) >0$.



For the fun of it, plot the function and the Taylor series on the same graph.






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    i like the "not a sufficient proof" part, but this builds up pretty well ;) +1
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    The “domain” is limited, rather than the range.
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    – egreg
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    @egreg. Thanks for pointing out my bad English ! Cheers :-(
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    – Claude Leibovici
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    False friends? :-)
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    @egreg. At the time, in French, we did not use to make the distinction. The key problem is that this was almost 65 years ago and probably I did not update my vocabulary. Cheers and now :-)
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Not a sufficient proof.



Because of the $cos ^{-1}(x)$, the domain is limited to $-1 leq x leq 1$. Using a Taylor expansion built around $x=0$, we have
$$f(x)=sin (x) cos ^{-1}(x)+x cos (x)=left(1+frac{pi }{2}right) x-x^2-left(frac{1}{2}+frac{pi }{12}right) x^3+Oleft(x^5right)$$ and the rhs does not show, in the considered interval, any root except the trivial $x=0$. The rhs goes through a maximum at $$x_*=frac{sqrt{160+64 pi +8 pi ^2}-8}{12+2 pi }approx 0.709757 implies f(x_*) approx 1.04772$$ and $f(1)=cos(1) >0$.



For the fun of it, plot the function and the Taylor series on the same graph.






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    i like the "not a sufficient proof" part, but this builds up pretty well ;) +1
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    The “domain” is limited, rather than the range.
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    – egreg
    Dec 20 '18 at 9:26










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    @egreg. Thanks for pointing out my bad English ! Cheers :-(
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    – Claude Leibovici
    Dec 20 '18 at 9:27










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    False friends? :-)
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    – egreg
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    @egreg. At the time, in French, we did not use to make the distinction. The key problem is that this was almost 65 years ago and probably I did not update my vocabulary. Cheers and now :-)
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    – Claude Leibovici
    Dec 20 '18 at 9:33














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Not a sufficient proof.



Because of the $cos ^{-1}(x)$, the domain is limited to $-1 leq x leq 1$. Using a Taylor expansion built around $x=0$, we have
$$f(x)=sin (x) cos ^{-1}(x)+x cos (x)=left(1+frac{pi }{2}right) x-x^2-left(frac{1}{2}+frac{pi }{12}right) x^3+Oleft(x^5right)$$ and the rhs does not show, in the considered interval, any root except the trivial $x=0$. The rhs goes through a maximum at $$x_*=frac{sqrt{160+64 pi +8 pi ^2}-8}{12+2 pi }approx 0.709757 implies f(x_*) approx 1.04772$$ and $f(1)=cos(1) >0$.



For the fun of it, plot the function and the Taylor series on the same graph.






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Not a sufficient proof.



Because of the $cos ^{-1}(x)$, the domain is limited to $-1 leq x leq 1$. Using a Taylor expansion built around $x=0$, we have
$$f(x)=sin (x) cos ^{-1}(x)+x cos (x)=left(1+frac{pi }{2}right) x-x^2-left(frac{1}{2}+frac{pi }{12}right) x^3+Oleft(x^5right)$$ and the rhs does not show, in the considered interval, any root except the trivial $x=0$. The rhs goes through a maximum at $$x_*=frac{sqrt{160+64 pi +8 pi ^2}-8}{12+2 pi }approx 0.709757 implies f(x_*) approx 1.04772$$ and $f(1)=cos(1) >0$.



For the fun of it, plot the function and the Taylor series on the same graph.







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    i like the "not a sufficient proof" part, but this builds up pretty well ;) +1
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    The “domain” is limited, rather than the range.
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    – egreg
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    @egreg. Thanks for pointing out my bad English ! Cheers :-(
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    – Claude Leibovici
    Dec 20 '18 at 9:27










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    False friends? :-)
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    – egreg
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    @egreg. At the time, in French, we did not use to make the distinction. The key problem is that this was almost 65 years ago and probably I did not update my vocabulary. Cheers and now :-)
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    – Claude Leibovici
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    i like the "not a sufficient proof" part, but this builds up pretty well ;) +1
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    – Ahmad Bazzi
    Dec 20 '18 at 7:37












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    The “domain” is limited, rather than the range.
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    – egreg
    Dec 20 '18 at 9:26










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    @egreg. Thanks for pointing out my bad English ! Cheers :-(
    $endgroup$
    – Claude Leibovici
    Dec 20 '18 at 9:27










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    False friends? :-)
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    – egreg
    Dec 20 '18 at 9:30










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    @egreg. At the time, in French, we did not use to make the distinction. The key problem is that this was almost 65 years ago and probably I did not update my vocabulary. Cheers and now :-)
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i like the "not a sufficient proof" part, but this builds up pretty well ;) +1
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– Ahmad Bazzi
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i like the "not a sufficient proof" part, but this builds up pretty well ;) +1
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– Ahmad Bazzi
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The “domain” is limited, rather than the range.
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The “domain” is limited, rather than the range.
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Dec 20 '18 at 9:26












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@egreg. Thanks for pointing out my bad English ! Cheers :-(
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– Claude Leibovici
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@egreg. Thanks for pointing out my bad English ! Cheers :-(
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– Claude Leibovici
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False friends? :-)
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False friends? :-)
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@egreg. At the time, in French, we did not use to make the distinction. The key problem is that this was almost 65 years ago and probably I did not update my vocabulary. Cheers and now :-)
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– Claude Leibovici
Dec 20 '18 at 9:33




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@egreg. At the time, in French, we did not use to make the distinction. The key problem is that this was almost 65 years ago and probably I did not update my vocabulary. Cheers and now :-)
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– Claude Leibovici
Dec 20 '18 at 9:33



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