additive identity

additive identity

 
noun Mathematics.
an element that when added to a given element in a specified set leaves that element unchanged, as zero in the real-number system.
Origin:
1955–60
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Additive identity is always a great word to know.
So is function. Does it mean:
a number that is a multiple of all the numbers of a given set
a relation between two sets in which one element of the second set is assigned to each element of the first set, the operator
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