Identity written as a sum of Möbius functions

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Theorem

The following formula holds for $|x|<1$: $$x=\displaystyle\sum_{k=1}^{\infty} \dfrac{\mu(k)x^k}{1-x^k},$$ where $\mu$ denotes the Möbius function.

Proof

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