Pre-abelian category
= Pre-abelian category
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A **pre-abelian category** is a type of category that has some properties resembling those of abelian categories, but does not satisfy all the axioms necessary to be classified as abelian. The concept of pre-abelian categories provides a framework in which one can work with structures that have some of the nice features of abelian categories without requiring all of the strict conditions.