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Abstract algebra is a part of math which studies algebraic structures. These include:

• groups
• rings
• fields
• matrices
• vector spaces
• algebras
• Boolean algebra

It is normal to build a theory on one kind of structure, like group theory or category theory.

The purpose of the theory of each concept is to organize the precise definition of the concept, examples of it, its substructures, the ways to relate different examples of the concept algebraically (these are called morphisms in some cases), and the concept's applications, both inside its own theory and outside in other areas of mathematics.