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Ultrafilter functor (U)

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The ultrafilter functor sends a set A to its set U(A) of ultrafilters. A function f:A→B acts by pushforward,
f∗​U={C⊆B:f−1(C)∈U}.
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It preserves finite coproducts: an ultrafilter on A⊔B contains exactly one summand and is uniquely induced by an ultrafilter on that summand.
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Ultrafilter functor
The ultrafilter functor is terminal among endofunctors of Set that preserve finite coproducts. For such an endofunctor F and x∈F(A), the unique natural map sends x to
{B⊆A:x∈im(F(B)→F(A))}.
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