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\( \begin{array}{c}\left(a^{4}+\frac{1}{a^{4}}\right)=(\sqrt{2+\sqrt{2}})^{2} \\ a^{8}+2\left(a^{4}\right)\left(\frac{1}{a^{4}}\right)+\frac{1}{a^{8}}=2+\sqrt{2} \\ a^{8}+\frac{1}{a^{8}}+2=2+\sqrt{2} \\ a^{8}+\frac{1}{a^{8}}=\sqrt{2} \\ \left(a^{8}+\frac{1}{a^{8}}\right)^{2}=2 \Rightarrow a^{16}+2+\frac{1}{a^{46}}=2 \\ \Rightarrow a^{16}+\frac{1}{a_{16}}=0\end{array} \)

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\( \begin{array}{c} \left(a^{8}+\frac{1}{a^{8}}\right)^{2}=2 \Rightarrow a^{16}+2+\frac{1}{a^{16}}=2 \end{array} \)

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Step 1 :\( \begin{array}{c} a^{8}+\frac{1}{a^{8}}+2=2+\sqrt{2} \end{array} \)

Step 2 :\( \begin{array}{c} a^{8}+\frac{1}{a^{8}}=\sqrt{2} \end{array} \)

Step 3 :\( \begin{array}{c} \left(a^{8}+\frac{1}{a^{8}}\right)^{2}=2 \Rightarrow a^{16}+2+\frac{1}{a^{16}}=2 \end{array} \)

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