Group theory

Group theory is that branch of mathematics concerned with the study of groups.

Miscellany

James Newman summarized group theory as follows:

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:The theory of groups is a branch of mathematics in which one does something to something and then compares the results with the result of doing the same thing to something else, or something else to the same thing.

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One application of group theory is in musical set theory.

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