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= Torsion subgroup
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In the context of group theory, particularly in the study of abelian groups (and more generally, in the context of modules over a ring), the **torsion subgroup** is an important concept. The torsion subgroup of an abelian group \\( G \\) is defined as the set of elements in \\( G \\) that have finite order.

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