1. **State the problem:** Simplify the expression $$\frac{1}{1+x+y-1} + \frac{1}{1+y+z-1} + \frac{1}{1+z+x-1}$$ given that $$xyz=1$$.
2. **Simplify each denominator:**
$$1+x+y-1 = x+y$$
$$1+y+z-1 = y+z$$
$$1+z+x-1 = z+x$$
So the expression becomes:
$$\frac{1}{x+y} + \frac{1}{y+z} + \frac{1}{z+x}$$
3. **Use the condition $$xyz=1$$:** This means $$z=\frac{1}{xy}$$.
4. **Rewrite the denominators using $$z=\frac{1}{xy}$$:**
$$y+z = y + \frac{1}{xy} = \frac{y^2x + 1}{xy}$$
$$z+x = \frac{1}{xy} + x = \frac{1 + x^2 y}{xy}$$
5. **Rewrite the expression with common denominators:**
$$\frac{1}{x+y} + \frac{1}{\frac{y^2 x + 1}{xy}} + \frac{1}{\frac{1 + x^2 y}{xy}} = \frac{1}{x+y} + \frac{xy}{y^2 x + 1} + \frac{xy}{1 + x^2 y}$$
6. **No further simplification is straightforward without additional constraints, so the simplified form is:**
$$\boxed{\frac{1}{x+y} + \frac{xy}{y^2 x + 1} + \frac{xy}{1 + x^2 y}}$$
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