Mark Wooding mdw at distorted.org.uk
Wed Nov 19 06:22:32 EST 2008

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greg <greg at cosc.canterbury.ac.nz> wrote:

> I've only ever seen "identity element" in English mathematics.
> "Neutral element" sounds like something my car's gearbox
> might have...

I've encountered both.  I think `neutral element' is more common when
dealing with the possibility that it might not be unique (in the way
that identity elements are in groups, rings and fields), but that might
just be my misconception.

-- [mdw]

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