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Formulation F964 on D39: Identity element
F964
Formulation 0
Let $S = (X, f)$ be an D21: Algebraic structure such that
(i) \begin{equation} X \neq \emptyset \end{equation}
A D2218: Set element $y \in X$ is an identity element in $S$ if and only if
(1) \begin{equation} \forall \, x \in X : f(y, x) = x \end{equation} D537: Left identity element
(2) \begin{equation} \forall \, x \in X : f(x, y) = x \end{equation} D538: Right identity element