Ivan Shishkin, Rye (1878)

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Unicity of the identity element

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Solution by Ancient Tree · EN

Suppose that ee' is another identity element. In particular, this means that, for x:=ex:=e:
ee=xe=x=e.e*e'=x*e'=x=e .But since ee is an identity element, by definition, for y:=ey:=e':
ee=ey=y=e.e*e'=e*y=y=e'.So we can conclude that e=ee=e'.

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