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Sieve
(category theory,
S
↪
y
U
)
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Foundations of mathematics
Category theory
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Functor
Functor category
Presheaf category
2026-10-06
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A
sieve on
U
is
a
subfunctor
of the
representable functor
y
U
, 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
f
g
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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