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Additive Identity
The additive identity is the number . When is added to any number, the value of that number remains unchanged. In formal terms, for any number : and . The name "identity" reflects the idea that the number keeps its identity — it stays the same — after the addition. Zero is the only number with this property, which is why it is uniquely called the additive identity.
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