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The positivity of \\(Q\\) is then reduced to the positivity of a certain polynomial \\(P\\) with integer coefficients, which in turn is shown to follow from an interesting lemma that the author had devised in an earlier paper. The implementation of that lemma, however, makes heavy use of computer packages.  It is worth mentioning the following additional problem not addressed in the paper under review: In Problem A2 of the 65th annual William Lowell Putnam mathematical competition, it is asked to show that if \\(T=A_1A_2A_3\\) and \\(T'=B_1B_2B_3\\) are triangles with \\(|B_i B_j| \\geq |A_i A_j|\\) for all distinct \\(i\\) and \\(j\\) in \\(\\{1,2,3\\}\\), and if \\(T'\\) is acute, then area (\\(T'\\)) \\(\\geq\\) area (\\(T\\)). 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