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<p>In <a href="page.php?w=mathematics">mathematics</a>, the concept of an <b>inverse element</b> generalises the concepts of <a href="page.php?w=additive_inverse">opposite</a>  and <a href="page.php?w=Multiplicative_inverse">reciprocal</a>  of numbers. </p>

<p>Given an <a href="page.php?w=operation_%28mathematics%29">operation</a> denoted here , and an <a href="page.php?w=identity_element">identity element</a> denoted , if , one says that  is a <b>left inverse</b> of , and that  is a <b>right inverse</b> of . (An identity element is an element</p><p>
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