Uniqueness of Laurent series expansion of $f(z) = \frac{1}{z-1} + \frac{1}{1-z}$.

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We first have $$ \frac{1}{z-1} = \frac{1}{z}\frac{1}{1-1/z} = \sum_{n=-\infty}^{-1} z^n.$$ We also have $$\frac{1}{1-z} = \sum_{n=0}^\infty z^n.$$ Now here is the perceived issue. Since $f(z)$ is equal to 0, it seems that we have two Laurent series expansions of the same functions. This is contradictory to the property that the Laurent series expansion should be unique.

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The first converges for $|1/z| < 1$ and the second converges for $|z|< 1$. No contradiction.