Is absorption an axiom for a boolean algebra?

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According to wikipedia, absorption is an axiom for a boolean algebra. This seems incorrect to me, since I believe absorption can be proved from the other axioms (distributivity, associativity, commutativity, complement, identity).

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## AB' + A = AB' + A*1 = A(B'+1) = A(1) = A ##

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I don't see what you see. Where is this axiom/proven box?

BiP