On Dec 3, 2008, at 9:58 PM, Randall R Schulz wrote:

> But it is also the case that subtraction and division _do_ have  
> identity
> elements. They follow directly from the application of the inverse
> operation to the corresponding operator's identity element. In other
> words, the identity element for division is the multiplicative inverse
> of the identity element for multiplication. Likewise for subtraction /
> addition.

I agree. By the identity element argument, (/) should be 1 and (-)  
should be 0.

--Steve


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