The set of all odd integers with respect to addition is_
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For an algebraic structure <G,*> to be a group, it has to satisfy four properties for all a,b,c belonging to G:
Closure: a*b belongs to G
Associativity: (a*b)*c=a*(b*c)
Existence of Identity: There exists e belonging to G such that a*e=e*a=a
Existence of Inverse: There exists k such that a*k=k*a=e
Now, as Varun Tripathi mentioned closure is not satisfied by the set of odd integers.
This is enough to conclude that the set is not a group under addition. But we can go further ahead and say that the identity of integers under addition, 0, does not belong to the set of odd integers as 0 is even. This also helps us to conclude that the algebraic structure is not a group
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