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Formulation F3694 on D265: Monoid
F3694
Formulation 2
A D263: Groupoid $G = (X, f)$ is a monoid if and only if
(1) \begin{equation} \forall \, x, y, z \in X : f(f(x, y), z) = f(x, f(y, z)) \end{equation}
(2) \begin{equation} \exists \, I \in X : \forall \, x \in X : f(I, x) = f(x, I) = x \end{equation}