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> The difference of two elements of the torsor of some group G is an honest-to-God group element of G, though, and so you have an honest-to-God identity element. You may or may not have an honest-to-God division or halving operator (which computes e given (e + e)) but in cases where G is the additive group of some field you do.

… some field of characteristic ≠ 2, of course.




Right, in GF(2ⁿ), e + e is always 0. Thank you for the correction.




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