Why does the degeneracy discriminant z<<1 fail at high temperature?

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The degeneracy discriminant, that specifies the requirement for applicability of classical Maxwell-Blotzman statistics, is z<<1 where z is fugacity and [itex]z=exp^(\mu/kT)[/itex]. However when [itex] T\to \infty[/itex] we would have [itex] z\to 1[/itex] which means we are in quantum regime while it is obvious that we are in classical regime at high temperatures. And there is also such a discrepancy when [itex] T\to 0[/itex]. Could anyone please guide me?
 
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