Description: A submonoid of a finite group is a subgroup. This does not extend to
infinite groups, as the submonoid NN0 of the group ( ZZ , + )
shows. Note also that the union of a submonoid and its inverses need
not be a submonoid, as the submonoid ( NN0 \ { 1 } ) of the group
( ZZ , + ) shows: 3 is in that submonoid, -2 is the inverse of 2,
but 1 is not in their union. Or simply, the subgroup generated by
( NN0 \ { 1 } ) is ZZ , not ( ZZ \ { 1 , -u 1 } ) .
(Contributed by SN, 31-Jan-2025)