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Category theory is a branch of mathematics that deals with abstract structures and relationships between objects, using concepts like categories, functors, and natural transformations to find common patterns across disciplines. It shifts focus from specific elements to the morphisms or mappings between them, making it a powerful tool for unifying ideas in fields like computer science and physics, and it's especially useful in modern applications for modeling complex systems with elegance and generality.
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