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Sieve (category theory, S↪yU)

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A sieve on U is a subfunctor of the representable functor yU, equivalently a family of arrows into U closed under precomposition. For f:V→U, the pullback sieve consists of arrows g into V for which fg belongs to the original sieve.

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In category theory, a **sieve** is a concept used in the context of a category, particularly in relation to a given object within that category. It can be thought of as a way to describe certain collections of morphisms (arrows) that reflect a kind of "filtering" process.
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