For $a \geqslant 1$, calculate the sum of the infinite series
$$
\begin{array}{l}
\frac{a}{a+1}+\frac{a^{2}}{(a+1)\left(a^{2}+1\right)} \\
+\frac{a^{4}}{\left.(a+1) a^{2}+1\right)\left(a^{4}+1\right)} \\
+\frac{a^{8}}{(a+1)\left(a^{2}+1\right)\left(a^{4}+1\right)\left(a^{8}+1\right)}+\cdots
\end{array}
$$
$\begin{array}{c}\text { I. When } a=1 \text {, } \Sigma=\frac{1}{2}+\frac{1}{4}+\frac{1}{8}+\cdots \\ =\frac{\frac{1}{2}}{1-\frac{1}{2}}=1 \text {. When } a>1 \text {, we have } \Sigma_{1}=\frac{a^{2}-a}{a^{2}-1}, \\ \Sigma_{2}=\frac{a^{4}-a}{a^{4}-1}, \Sigma_{3}=\frac{a^{8}-a}{a^{8}-1}, \cdots, \Sigma_{n}=\frac{a^{2}-a}{a^{2^{n}}-1} \\ \text { Therefore, } \Sigma=\lim _{n \rightarrow \infty} \Sigma_{n}=\lim _{n \rightarrow \infty} \frac{a^{2^{n}}-a}{a^{2^{n}}-1}=1 .\end{array}$