Mistake !!

Algebra Level 3

I'm going to prove that 1 = 1 1=-1 using some flawed logic in the following steps.

Step 1: It is true that 2 = 1 1 1 2 = 1 1 × 1 2 = 2 . \begin{aligned} 2 & = \dfrac{1}{1-\frac{1}{2}} ={\color{#3D99F6} \dfrac{1}{1\times \frac{1}{2}}}= 2\,.\end{aligned}

Step 2: Let's take one of two and make substitution of 2 by next

2 = 1 1 1 2 = 1 1 1 1 1 × 1 2 . \begin{aligned}2 & = \dfrac{1}{1-\frac{1}{2}}= \dfrac{1}{1- \dfrac{1}{{\color{#3D99F6}\frac{1}{1\times \frac{1}{2}}}}}\,.\end{aligned}

Step 3 : Solving the expression as 2 = 1 ( 1 1 × 1 2 1 ) 1 1 × 1 2 = 1 1 × 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 . \begin{aligned}2 = \dfrac{1}{\dfrac{\left({\color{#3D99F6}\dfrac{1}{1\times\frac{1}{2}}}-1\right)}{\dfrac{1}{1\times \frac{1}{2}}}}= \dfrac{\dfrac{1}{1\times \frac{ 1}{2}}}{ \dfrac{1-\frac{1}{2}}{\frac{1}{2}}}\,.\end{aligned}

Step:4 With further simplication 2 = 2 2 1 1 2 × 1 2 = 2 1 . \begin{aligned}2 &= \dfrac{2}{\dfrac{2-1}{\frac{1}{2}\times\frac{1}{2}}} = 2^{-1} \,.\end{aligned}

Step 5 : It is proved that 2 = 2 1 2 = 2^{-1} and hence 1 = 1 1 =-1 .

In which of the steps above , I make first mistake .


This problem is original.

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