Compare with Monoid ------------------- A Monoid is a triplet \\((E,∙,e)\\) s.t. - \\(E\\) a set - \\(∙:E×E→E\\) - \\(e:1→E\\) Satisfying - \\(x∙(y∙z) = (x∙y)∙z, ∀x,y,z∈E\\) - \\(e∙x = x = x∙e, ∀x∈E\\)