Let $RVar$ be the category which has complex algebraic verieties as objects and rational maps as morphisms. Let's consider a group object $G$ in this category, i.e. a tuple $(G,\mu,e,\iota)$ where $\mu:G\times G \rightarrow G$ , $e:* \rightarrow G$, and $\iota: G \rightarrow G$ are rational maps satisfying the usual commutative diagrams defining a group structure. Just out of curiosity, two natural questions: - Is such a $G$ necessarily an algebraic group? That is: is it the case that for any $(G,\mu,e,\iota) \in Grp(RVar)$, there exists an algebraic group $(G',\mu',e',\iota')$ and a birational map $\varphi: G\rightarrow G'$ such that "$\varphi$ intertwines the operations of $G$ and $G'$"? - Analogous question in the holomorphic/meromorphic setting.