Artificial intelligent assistant

Can a group be non-empty by definition of 'group'? By the definition of a group, "A group is a set combined with a binary operation". By this definition, would a non-empty set constitute as being a group? By virtue of the definition of what a group is, a non-empty should constitute as being a group. Can someone confirm?

No, because a requirement of a group is that there exists an identity element.

This alone prohibits the "empty group."

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