We notice that the numerator and denominator of each term factors, so the product is equal to m=1∏100n=1∏100(xm+xn)2(xm+xn+1)(xm+1+xn) Each term of the numerator cancels with a term of the denominator except for those of the form (xm+x101) and (x101+xn) for m,n=1,…,100, and the terms in the denominator which remain are of the form (x1+xn) and (x1+xm) for m,n=1,…,100. Thus the product simplifies to (m=1∏100x1+xmxm+x101)2 Reversing the order of the factors of the numerator, we find this is equal to (m=1∏100x1+xmx101−m+x101)2=(m=1∏100x100−mx1+xmx1+xm+1)2=(x1+x1x1+x101m=1∏100x100−m)2=(x299⋅100)2(21+x100)2 as desired.