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definition. monoid [ca-000T]

A monoid is a pair \((R, *)\), satisfying:

  1. \((a * b) * c = a * (b * c)\) for all \(a, b, c \in R\) (associativity).
  2. there exists an element \(1 \in R\) such that \(1 * a = a * 1 = a\) for all \(a \in R\)
  3. i.e. \(1\) is the multiplicative identity (neutral element).