A congruence relation is an equivalence relation defined on an algebraic structure that respects the operations of that structure. This means that if two elements are equivalent under this relation, any operation performed on them will yield results that are also equivalent under the same relation. This concept connects various areas, including how substructures behave and how we can categorize them within universal algebra.
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