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'''Structure''' is the way various things are constructed along with the manner of construction of the thing under consideration and the arrangement of its parts. A structure can be a complex entity with many parts.
'''Structure''' is the way various things are constructed along with the manner of construction of the thing under consideration and the arrangement of its parts. A structure can be a complex entity with many parts.
==Knowledge and information==
==Knowledge and information==
==Abstract structure==
==Abstract structure==
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An [[abstract structure]] is a formal object that is defined by a set of laws, properties, and relationships in a way that is logically if not always historically independent of the structure of contingent experiences, for example, those involving physical objects. Abstract structures are studied not only in logic and mathematics but in the fields that apply them, as computer science, and in the studies that reflect on them, as philosophy and especially the philosophy of mathematics. Indeed, modern mathematics has been defined in a very general sense as the study of abstract structures. [[Mathematical structure]] on a set, additional mathematical objects that in some manner attach to the set, making it easier to visualize or work with, or endowing the collection with meaning or significance
An [[abstract structure]] is a formal object that is defined by a set of laws, properties, and relationships in a way that is logically if not always historically independent of the structure of contingent experiences, for example, those involving physical objects. Abstract structures are studied not only in logic and mathematics but in the fields that apply them, as computer science, and in the studies that reflect on them, as philosophy and especially the philosophy of mathematics. Indeed, modern mathematics has been defined in a very general sense as the study of abstract structures. [[Mathematical structure]] on a set, additional mathematical objects that in some manner attach to the set, making it easier to visualize or work with, or endowing the collection with meaning or significance
