Is $a^2b^2-a^2+b^2$ factorable or simplifiable?

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I'm just wondering if the expression $a^2b^2-a^2+b^2$ is simplifiable or factorable. It just looked like it might have been factorable but I wasn't sure.

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Maybe the following. $$a^2b^2-a^2+b^2=a^2b^2-a^2+b^2-1+1=1+(b^2-1)(a^2+1).$$

It's not factoring of course.