A characteristic feature of abstract algebra is that it ignores what groups, rings, modules, etc., are made of, and studies only how their elements relate to each other (by means of operations, subgroups, etc.).
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(2007). Categories. In: Abstract Algebra. Graduate Texts in Mathematics, vol 242. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-71568-1_16
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