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Formulation F3292 on D265: Monoid
F3292
Formulation 1
A D263: Groupoid $G = (X, \times)$ is a monoid if and only if
(1) \begin{equation} \forall \, x, y, z \in X : (x y) z = x (y z) \end{equation}
(2) \begin{equation} \exists \, 1_G \in X : \forall \, x \in X : 1_G x = x 1_G = x \end{equation}