identity element
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identity element
noun identity elements
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An element of an algebraic structure which when applied, in either order, to any other element via a binary operation yields the other element.
Therefore the number 0 is not considered an identity element for subtraction, even though x-0#61;x for all x, since 0-x#92;nex.
Similar: identity, neutral element
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noun member of a structure
| Español | elemento neutro |
|---|---|
| Français | élément neutre, élément identité |
| Deutsch | neutrales Element, Einheitselement |
| Italiano | elemento neutro |
| Русский | то́ждество tóždestvo, тожде́ственность toždéstvennostʹ |
| עברית | איבר יחידה |
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