Identity function

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In mathematics, the identity function on a set X is the function from X to itself which maps each element to itself:

\mbox{id}_X : x \mapsto x .\,

The identity function is invertible (and is its own inverse function). It is a permutation of the set, and is the identity element of the symmetric group on X.

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