How can I prove that $int _{-1}^{1} frac{1}{x} dx =0 $












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According to WolframAlpha $int _{-1}^{1} frac{1}{x} dx =0 $. But how can this be proved rigorously? I know that the function is odd, but it's unbounded on $[-1;1]$. Leibniz–Newton formula cannot be applied here either. I would really appreciate some help with this matter.










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    This is a divergent improper integral. WA might give you the principal value, not the exact value.
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    @EstMayhem I would look into the concept of the Cauchy principal value. This integral is described in the examples.
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According to WolframAlpha $int _{-1}^{1} frac{1}{x} dx =0 $. But how can this be proved rigorously? I know that the function is odd, but it's unbounded on $[-1;1]$. Leibniz–Newton formula cannot be applied here either. I would really appreciate some help with this matter.










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    What is your background?
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    This is a divergent improper integral. WA might give you the principal value, not the exact value.
    – xbh
    yesterday






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    @EstMayhem I would look into the concept of the Cauchy principal value. This integral is described in the examples.
    – Tyberius
    yesterday










  • @Tyberius thank you! That's gonna help.
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According to WolframAlpha $int _{-1}^{1} frac{1}{x} dx =0 $. But how can this be proved rigorously? I know that the function is odd, but it's unbounded on $[-1;1]$. Leibniz–Newton formula cannot be applied here either. I would really appreciate some help with this matter.










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According to WolframAlpha $int _{-1}^{1} frac{1}{x} dx =0 $. But how can this be proved rigorously? I know that the function is odd, but it's unbounded on $[-1;1]$. Leibniz–Newton formula cannot be applied here either. I would really appreciate some help with this matter.







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  • 1




    What is your background?
    – Will Jagy
    yesterday






  • 5




    This is a divergent improper integral. WA might give you the principal value, not the exact value.
    – xbh
    yesterday






  • 1




    @EstMayhem I would look into the concept of the Cauchy principal value. This integral is described in the examples.
    – Tyberius
    yesterday










  • @Tyberius thank you! That's gonna help.
    – Est Mayhem
    yesterday














  • 1




    What is your background?
    – Will Jagy
    yesterday






  • 5




    This is a divergent improper integral. WA might give you the principal value, not the exact value.
    – xbh
    yesterday






  • 1




    @EstMayhem I would look into the concept of the Cauchy principal value. This integral is described in the examples.
    – Tyberius
    yesterday










  • @Tyberius thank you! That's gonna help.
    – Est Mayhem
    yesterday








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1




What is your background?
– Will Jagy
yesterday




What is your background?
– Will Jagy
yesterday




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5




This is a divergent improper integral. WA might give you the principal value, not the exact value.
– xbh
yesterday




This is a divergent improper integral. WA might give you the principal value, not the exact value.
– xbh
yesterday




1




1




@EstMayhem I would look into the concept of the Cauchy principal value. This integral is described in the examples.
– Tyberius
yesterday




@EstMayhem I would look into the concept of the Cauchy principal value. This integral is described in the examples.
– Tyberius
yesterday












@Tyberius thank you! That's gonna help.
– Est Mayhem
yesterday




@Tyberius thank you! That's gonna help.
– Est Mayhem
yesterday










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The integral is divergent due to $f(x)=frac 1x$ being undefined at $x=0$. However, if we consider the principal value of the integral, then the answer is zero. I'm also assuming this is what Wolfram Alpha gives.



To prove this, split the integral up over its positive and negative parts and replace the zero with a variable and have it tend towards zero.$$begin{align*}intlimits_{-1}^1frac {mathrm dx}x & =limlimits_{varepsilonto0}left[intlimits_{-1}^{-varepsilon}frac {mathrm dx}x+intlimits_{varepsilon}^1frac {mathrm dx}xright]\ & =limlimits_{varepsilonto0}Bigr[log(-varepsilon)-log(-1)+log 1-log(varepsilon)Bigr]\ & =limlimits_{varepsilonto0}logleft(frac {-varepsilon}{-1}frac 1{varepsilon}right)\ & =log 1\ & =0end{align*}$$






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    The first sentence is not correct. The reason the integral is divergent is not because $1/x$ is undefined at $x=0$, it's because a computation shows that it's divergent.
    – Hans Lundmark
    yesterday










  • Also, you need to take $epsilon to 0^+$ and use $log|x|$ as your antiderivative instead of $log(x)$. Your computation with $log(-1)$ is clearly nonsense.
    – Hans Lundmark
    yesterday












  • @HansLundmark: $log x$ as antiderivative of $1/x$ is correct for $x$ in the complex plane. The subtraction $log(-varepsilon)-log(-1)$, is real, although each of the two logs is complex. This way of doing it may be inadvisable for beginners, but it is not "clearly nonsense".
    – GEdgar
    22 hours ago










  • @GEdgar: I know that. But in the context of trying to explain things about real integrals to someone whose background you don't know (a calculus student perhaps?), I don't think it makes any sense at all. And the log laws ($log(zw)=log z + log w$, etc.) are not valid without restrictions in the complex domain, so the step that follows definitely needs to be carefully justfied. At the very least, one should specify what branch of the complex log that is used. Just writing out a formal computation like that without any explanation doesn't prove anything.
    – Hans Lundmark
    22 hours ago












  • @GEdgar: And if one uses the complex logarithm in an answer like this, at least one ought to say so! With no mention of that, it's natural to assume that it's the usual real logarithm, in which case "log(-1)" is indeed nonsense.
    – Hans Lundmark
    22 hours ago



















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This cannot be proven rigorously because it is not technically true.



The Cauchy principal value of your integral is $0$, but if you go back to the definition of the improper Riemann integral you will find that this quantity is undefined.






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  • What if this a Lebesgue integral?
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  • I got it. Thanks for the reply!
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  • @EstMayhem Well I don't know who replied, but you are welcome? The answer is that the function $1/x$ is not Lebesgue integrable on this interval.
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The integral is divergent due to $f(x)=frac 1x$ being undefined at $x=0$. However, if we consider the principal value of the integral, then the answer is zero. I'm also assuming this is what Wolfram Alpha gives.



To prove this, split the integral up over its positive and negative parts and replace the zero with a variable and have it tend towards zero.$$begin{align*}intlimits_{-1}^1frac {mathrm dx}x & =limlimits_{varepsilonto0}left[intlimits_{-1}^{-varepsilon}frac {mathrm dx}x+intlimits_{varepsilon}^1frac {mathrm dx}xright]\ & =limlimits_{varepsilonto0}Bigr[log(-varepsilon)-log(-1)+log 1-log(varepsilon)Bigr]\ & =limlimits_{varepsilonto0}logleft(frac {-varepsilon}{-1}frac 1{varepsilon}right)\ & =log 1\ & =0end{align*}$$






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    The first sentence is not correct. The reason the integral is divergent is not because $1/x$ is undefined at $x=0$, it's because a computation shows that it's divergent.
    – Hans Lundmark
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  • Also, you need to take $epsilon to 0^+$ and use $log|x|$ as your antiderivative instead of $log(x)$. Your computation with $log(-1)$ is clearly nonsense.
    – Hans Lundmark
    yesterday












  • @HansLundmark: $log x$ as antiderivative of $1/x$ is correct for $x$ in the complex plane. The subtraction $log(-varepsilon)-log(-1)$, is real, although each of the two logs is complex. This way of doing it may be inadvisable for beginners, but it is not "clearly nonsense".
    – GEdgar
    22 hours ago










  • @GEdgar: I know that. But in the context of trying to explain things about real integrals to someone whose background you don't know (a calculus student perhaps?), I don't think it makes any sense at all. And the log laws ($log(zw)=log z + log w$, etc.) are not valid without restrictions in the complex domain, so the step that follows definitely needs to be carefully justfied. At the very least, one should specify what branch of the complex log that is used. Just writing out a formal computation like that without any explanation doesn't prove anything.
    – Hans Lundmark
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  • @GEdgar: And if one uses the complex logarithm in an answer like this, at least one ought to say so! With no mention of that, it's natural to assume that it's the usual real logarithm, in which case "log(-1)" is indeed nonsense.
    – Hans Lundmark
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The integral is divergent due to $f(x)=frac 1x$ being undefined at $x=0$. However, if we consider the principal value of the integral, then the answer is zero. I'm also assuming this is what Wolfram Alpha gives.



To prove this, split the integral up over its positive and negative parts and replace the zero with a variable and have it tend towards zero.$$begin{align*}intlimits_{-1}^1frac {mathrm dx}x & =limlimits_{varepsilonto0}left[intlimits_{-1}^{-varepsilon}frac {mathrm dx}x+intlimits_{varepsilon}^1frac {mathrm dx}xright]\ & =limlimits_{varepsilonto0}Bigr[log(-varepsilon)-log(-1)+log 1-log(varepsilon)Bigr]\ & =limlimits_{varepsilonto0}logleft(frac {-varepsilon}{-1}frac 1{varepsilon}right)\ & =log 1\ & =0end{align*}$$






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    The first sentence is not correct. The reason the integral is divergent is not because $1/x$ is undefined at $x=0$, it's because a computation shows that it's divergent.
    – Hans Lundmark
    yesterday










  • Also, you need to take $epsilon to 0^+$ and use $log|x|$ as your antiderivative instead of $log(x)$. Your computation with $log(-1)$ is clearly nonsense.
    – Hans Lundmark
    yesterday












  • @HansLundmark: $log x$ as antiderivative of $1/x$ is correct for $x$ in the complex plane. The subtraction $log(-varepsilon)-log(-1)$, is real, although each of the two logs is complex. This way of doing it may be inadvisable for beginners, but it is not "clearly nonsense".
    – GEdgar
    22 hours ago










  • @GEdgar: I know that. But in the context of trying to explain things about real integrals to someone whose background you don't know (a calculus student perhaps?), I don't think it makes any sense at all. And the log laws ($log(zw)=log z + log w$, etc.) are not valid without restrictions in the complex domain, so the step that follows definitely needs to be carefully justfied. At the very least, one should specify what branch of the complex log that is used. Just writing out a formal computation like that without any explanation doesn't prove anything.
    – Hans Lundmark
    22 hours ago












  • @GEdgar: And if one uses the complex logarithm in an answer like this, at least one ought to say so! With no mention of that, it's natural to assume that it's the usual real logarithm, in which case "log(-1)" is indeed nonsense.
    – Hans Lundmark
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The integral is divergent due to $f(x)=frac 1x$ being undefined at $x=0$. However, if we consider the principal value of the integral, then the answer is zero. I'm also assuming this is what Wolfram Alpha gives.



To prove this, split the integral up over its positive and negative parts and replace the zero with a variable and have it tend towards zero.$$begin{align*}intlimits_{-1}^1frac {mathrm dx}x & =limlimits_{varepsilonto0}left[intlimits_{-1}^{-varepsilon}frac {mathrm dx}x+intlimits_{varepsilon}^1frac {mathrm dx}xright]\ & =limlimits_{varepsilonto0}Bigr[log(-varepsilon)-log(-1)+log 1-log(varepsilon)Bigr]\ & =limlimits_{varepsilonto0}logleft(frac {-varepsilon}{-1}frac 1{varepsilon}right)\ & =log 1\ & =0end{align*}$$






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The integral is divergent due to $f(x)=frac 1x$ being undefined at $x=0$. However, if we consider the principal value of the integral, then the answer is zero. I'm also assuming this is what Wolfram Alpha gives.



To prove this, split the integral up over its positive and negative parts and replace the zero with a variable and have it tend towards zero.$$begin{align*}intlimits_{-1}^1frac {mathrm dx}x & =limlimits_{varepsilonto0}left[intlimits_{-1}^{-varepsilon}frac {mathrm dx}x+intlimits_{varepsilon}^1frac {mathrm dx}xright]\ & =limlimits_{varepsilonto0}Bigr[log(-varepsilon)-log(-1)+log 1-log(varepsilon)Bigr]\ & =limlimits_{varepsilonto0}logleft(frac {-varepsilon}{-1}frac 1{varepsilon}right)\ & =log 1\ & =0end{align*}$$







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    The first sentence is not correct. The reason the integral is divergent is not because $1/x$ is undefined at $x=0$, it's because a computation shows that it's divergent.
    – Hans Lundmark
    yesterday










  • Also, you need to take $epsilon to 0^+$ and use $log|x|$ as your antiderivative instead of $log(x)$. Your computation with $log(-1)$ is clearly nonsense.
    – Hans Lundmark
    yesterday












  • @HansLundmark: $log x$ as antiderivative of $1/x$ is correct for $x$ in the complex plane. The subtraction $log(-varepsilon)-log(-1)$, is real, although each of the two logs is complex. This way of doing it may be inadvisable for beginners, but it is not "clearly nonsense".
    – GEdgar
    22 hours ago










  • @GEdgar: I know that. But in the context of trying to explain things about real integrals to someone whose background you don't know (a calculus student perhaps?), I don't think it makes any sense at all. And the log laws ($log(zw)=log z + log w$, etc.) are not valid without restrictions in the complex domain, so the step that follows definitely needs to be carefully justfied. At the very least, one should specify what branch of the complex log that is used. Just writing out a formal computation like that without any explanation doesn't prove anything.
    – Hans Lundmark
    22 hours ago












  • @GEdgar: And if one uses the complex logarithm in an answer like this, at least one ought to say so! With no mention of that, it's natural to assume that it's the usual real logarithm, in which case "log(-1)" is indeed nonsense.
    – Hans Lundmark
    22 hours ago














  • 2




    The first sentence is not correct. The reason the integral is divergent is not because $1/x$ is undefined at $x=0$, it's because a computation shows that it's divergent.
    – Hans Lundmark
    yesterday










  • Also, you need to take $epsilon to 0^+$ and use $log|x|$ as your antiderivative instead of $log(x)$. Your computation with $log(-1)$ is clearly nonsense.
    – Hans Lundmark
    yesterday












  • @HansLundmark: $log x$ as antiderivative of $1/x$ is correct for $x$ in the complex plane. The subtraction $log(-varepsilon)-log(-1)$, is real, although each of the two logs is complex. This way of doing it may be inadvisable for beginners, but it is not "clearly nonsense".
    – GEdgar
    22 hours ago










  • @GEdgar: I know that. But in the context of trying to explain things about real integrals to someone whose background you don't know (a calculus student perhaps?), I don't think it makes any sense at all. And the log laws ($log(zw)=log z + log w$, etc.) are not valid without restrictions in the complex domain, so the step that follows definitely needs to be carefully justfied. At the very least, one should specify what branch of the complex log that is used. Just writing out a formal computation like that without any explanation doesn't prove anything.
    – Hans Lundmark
    22 hours ago












  • @GEdgar: And if one uses the complex logarithm in an answer like this, at least one ought to say so! With no mention of that, it's natural to assume that it's the usual real logarithm, in which case "log(-1)" is indeed nonsense.
    – Hans Lundmark
    22 hours ago








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The first sentence is not correct. The reason the integral is divergent is not because $1/x$ is undefined at $x=0$, it's because a computation shows that it's divergent.
– Hans Lundmark
yesterday




The first sentence is not correct. The reason the integral is divergent is not because $1/x$ is undefined at $x=0$, it's because a computation shows that it's divergent.
– Hans Lundmark
yesterday












Also, you need to take $epsilon to 0^+$ and use $log|x|$ as your antiderivative instead of $log(x)$. Your computation with $log(-1)$ is clearly nonsense.
– Hans Lundmark
yesterday






Also, you need to take $epsilon to 0^+$ and use $log|x|$ as your antiderivative instead of $log(x)$. Your computation with $log(-1)$ is clearly nonsense.
– Hans Lundmark
yesterday














@HansLundmark: $log x$ as antiderivative of $1/x$ is correct for $x$ in the complex plane. The subtraction $log(-varepsilon)-log(-1)$, is real, although each of the two logs is complex. This way of doing it may be inadvisable for beginners, but it is not "clearly nonsense".
– GEdgar
22 hours ago




@HansLundmark: $log x$ as antiderivative of $1/x$ is correct for $x$ in the complex plane. The subtraction $log(-varepsilon)-log(-1)$, is real, although each of the two logs is complex. This way of doing it may be inadvisable for beginners, but it is not "clearly nonsense".
– GEdgar
22 hours ago












@GEdgar: I know that. But in the context of trying to explain things about real integrals to someone whose background you don't know (a calculus student perhaps?), I don't think it makes any sense at all. And the log laws ($log(zw)=log z + log w$, etc.) are not valid without restrictions in the complex domain, so the step that follows definitely needs to be carefully justfied. At the very least, one should specify what branch of the complex log that is used. Just writing out a formal computation like that without any explanation doesn't prove anything.
– Hans Lundmark
22 hours ago






@GEdgar: I know that. But in the context of trying to explain things about real integrals to someone whose background you don't know (a calculus student perhaps?), I don't think it makes any sense at all. And the log laws ($log(zw)=log z + log w$, etc.) are not valid without restrictions in the complex domain, so the step that follows definitely needs to be carefully justfied. At the very least, one should specify what branch of the complex log that is used. Just writing out a formal computation like that without any explanation doesn't prove anything.
– Hans Lundmark
22 hours ago














@GEdgar: And if one uses the complex logarithm in an answer like this, at least one ought to say so! With no mention of that, it's natural to assume that it's the usual real logarithm, in which case "log(-1)" is indeed nonsense.
– Hans Lundmark
22 hours ago




@GEdgar: And if one uses the complex logarithm in an answer like this, at least one ought to say so! With no mention of that, it's natural to assume that it's the usual real logarithm, in which case "log(-1)" is indeed nonsense.
– Hans Lundmark
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This cannot be proven rigorously because it is not technically true.



The Cauchy principal value of your integral is $0$, but if you go back to the definition of the improper Riemann integral you will find that this quantity is undefined.






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  • What if this a Lebesgue integral?
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  • I got it. Thanks for the reply!
    – Est Mayhem
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  • @EstMayhem Well I don't know who replied, but you are welcome? The answer is that the function $1/x$ is not Lebesgue integrable on this interval.
    – ItsJustLogicBro
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  • I meant your initial reply for the question itself :) Thanks.
    – Est Mayhem
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  • The Lebesgue integral also does not exist.
    – GEdgar
    22 hours ago
















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This cannot be proven rigorously because it is not technically true.



The Cauchy principal value of your integral is $0$, but if you go back to the definition of the improper Riemann integral you will find that this quantity is undefined.






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  • What if this a Lebesgue integral?
    – Est Mayhem
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  • I got it. Thanks for the reply!
    – Est Mayhem
    yesterday










  • @EstMayhem Well I don't know who replied, but you are welcome? The answer is that the function $1/x$ is not Lebesgue integrable on this interval.
    – ItsJustLogicBro
    yesterday










  • I meant your initial reply for the question itself :) Thanks.
    – Est Mayhem
    yesterday










  • The Lebesgue integral also does not exist.
    – GEdgar
    22 hours ago














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This cannot be proven rigorously because it is not technically true.



The Cauchy principal value of your integral is $0$, but if you go back to the definition of the improper Riemann integral you will find that this quantity is undefined.






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This cannot be proven rigorously because it is not technically true.



The Cauchy principal value of your integral is $0$, but if you go back to the definition of the improper Riemann integral you will find that this quantity is undefined.







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  • What if this a Lebesgue integral?
    – Est Mayhem
    yesterday










  • I got it. Thanks for the reply!
    – Est Mayhem
    yesterday










  • @EstMayhem Well I don't know who replied, but you are welcome? The answer is that the function $1/x$ is not Lebesgue integrable on this interval.
    – ItsJustLogicBro
    yesterday










  • I meant your initial reply for the question itself :) Thanks.
    – Est Mayhem
    yesterday










  • The Lebesgue integral also does not exist.
    – GEdgar
    22 hours ago


















  • What if this a Lebesgue integral?
    – Est Mayhem
    yesterday










  • I got it. Thanks for the reply!
    – Est Mayhem
    yesterday










  • @EstMayhem Well I don't know who replied, but you are welcome? The answer is that the function $1/x$ is not Lebesgue integrable on this interval.
    – ItsJustLogicBro
    yesterday










  • I meant your initial reply for the question itself :) Thanks.
    – Est Mayhem
    yesterday










  • The Lebesgue integral also does not exist.
    – GEdgar
    22 hours ago
















What if this a Lebesgue integral?
– Est Mayhem
yesterday




What if this a Lebesgue integral?
– Est Mayhem
yesterday












I got it. Thanks for the reply!
– Est Mayhem
yesterday




I got it. Thanks for the reply!
– Est Mayhem
yesterday












@EstMayhem Well I don't know who replied, but you are welcome? The answer is that the function $1/x$ is not Lebesgue integrable on this interval.
– ItsJustLogicBro
yesterday




@EstMayhem Well I don't know who replied, but you are welcome? The answer is that the function $1/x$ is not Lebesgue integrable on this interval.
– ItsJustLogicBro
yesterday












I meant your initial reply for the question itself :) Thanks.
– Est Mayhem
yesterday




I meant your initial reply for the question itself :) Thanks.
– Est Mayhem
yesterday












The Lebesgue integral also does not exist.
– GEdgar
22 hours ago




The Lebesgue integral also does not exist.
– GEdgar
22 hours ago










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