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Simplify the following:

11+amn+11+anm\dfrac{1}{1 + a^{m - n}} + \dfrac{1}{1 + a^{n - m}}

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11+amn+11+anm11+am.an+11+an.am11+aman+11+anam1an+aman+1am+anamanan+am+amam+anan+aman+am1.\Rightarrow \dfrac{1}{1 + a^{m - n}} + \dfrac{1}{1 + a^{n - m}} \\[1em] \Rightarrow \dfrac{1}{1 + a^m.a^{-n}} + \dfrac{1}{1 + a^n.a^{-m}} \\[1em] \Rightarrow \dfrac{1}{1 + \dfrac{a^m}{a^n}} + \dfrac{1}{1 + \dfrac{a^n}{a^m}} \\[1em] \Rightarrow \dfrac{1}{\dfrac{a^n + a^m}{a^n}} + \dfrac{1}{\dfrac{a^m + a^n}{a^m}} \\[1em] \Rightarrow \dfrac{a^n}{a^n + a^m} + \dfrac{a^m}{a^m + a^n} \\[1em] \Rightarrow \dfrac{a^n + a^m}{a^n + a^m} \\[1em] \Rightarrow 1.

Hence, 11+amn+11+anm\dfrac{1}{1 + a^{m - n}} + \dfrac{1}{1 + a^{n - m}} = 1.

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