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Table 6 is only available in electronic form at http://www.aanda.org

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...$q_{\rm 2i,opt}=0.66$

Nelemans et al. (2000) find $q_{\rm 2i,opt}=0.62$, because the equation they use for the Roche lobe is different from the Eq. (5) that we use. They also use a different condition for the stability of mass transfer from an evolving star. Our calculations show that if we would use Eq. (7) instead, the upper limit to $P_{\rm m}$ would drop, so that we can be confident that the limit we find is indeed an upper limit.

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