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Wrong Wolfram alpha result?

I have this function $$ f(x,y) = \left\{ \begin{array}{ll} \frac{x^3}{x^2 + y^2} & \mbox{if } (x,y) \neq (0,0) \\ 0 & \mbox{if } (x,y) = (0,0) \end{array} \right. $$ And I want to ...
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WolframAlpha blows simple substitution?

I am to find a formula for the n-th derivative of $$\frac{1+x}{1-x}$$ I came up with $$\frac{(-1)^{n+1} \times 2 \times n!}{(1-x)^{n+1}}$$ This seems right, but I noticed that WolframAlpha somehow ...