Tour:Abelian group

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The notion of Abelian group is very important. Abelian groups are those groups where the binary operation is commutative. Read, and thoroughly understand, the definition of Abelian group given below, and then proceed.
Some forms of the definition rely on more advanced terminology and notions; ignore them if they are confusing.
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