Definition
Category of abelian groups
Abelian groups and additive homomorphisms.
The category of abelian groups has abelian groups as objects and additive maps , satisfying , as morphisms. Identities and composition are ordinary functions. Equivalently it is the full subcategory of groups on the abelian groups.
Convention and comparison
A ring or vector space determines such an object only after its additive group has been specified. Its multiplicative group of units is a different object and often has a different carrier.