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Formulation F9732 on D264: Semigroup
F9732
Formulation 3
An D21: Algebraic structure $G = (X, \times)$ 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}