I solved this equation something like this, as shown in the photo:
Is it correct?
If I put x=2 I get weird results!
Answer
As a lot of the comments and the other answers point out, this only works for $-1
−1−1x−1x2−1x3−⋯
which is a sequence that converges as long as |x|>1, and it gives x1−x (or really, 11/x−1, which ammounts to the same thing) if you do the same trick as you've done in your question. This is what is called "the series expansion of x1−x around ∞" (since the series converges as long as x is large enough), while x+x2+x3+⋯ is the series expansion around 0 (since it converges as long as x is close enough to 0 [there is a bit more to it than that, but that's details]). Together, they give you geometric series that evaluate to xx−1 on the whole number line except at −1 and 1.
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