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Formulation F761 on D264: Semigroup
F761
Formulation 1
An D21: Algebraic structure $G = (X, +)$ is a semigroup if and only if
(1) \begin{equation} \forall \, x, y \in X : x + y \in X \end{equation}
(2) \begin{equation} \forall \, x, y, z \in X : (x + y) + z = x + (y + z) \end{equation}