Left-algebraic group

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Definition

A left-algebraic group over a field is a set equipped with the following two structures:

such that the following compatibility conditions are satisfied:

Operation Arity Condition Comments
Multiplication or product 2 (so it's a map ) For any fixed , the map is a regular morphism from to itself (i.e., it is algebraic).
Identity element 0 (it's a constant element ) no condition. As such, we may impose the condition that the map from a one-point variety to sending the point to the identity element is a regular morphism, but this condition is vacuously true.
Inverse map 1 (so it's a map ) no condition.