A sieve, fine mesh strainer, or sift, is a tool used for separating wanted elements from unwanted material or for controlling the particle size distribution...

In mathematics, the sieve of Eratosthenes is an ancient algorithm for finding all prime numbers up to any given limit. It does so by iteratively marking...

Sieve elements are specialized cells that are important for the function of phloem, which is a highly organized tissue that transports organic compounds...

A sieve analysis (or gradation test) is a practice or procedure used in geology, civil engineering, and chemical engineering to assess the particle size...

A molecular sieve is a material with pores (molecule-sized holes) of uniform size which link the interior of the solid to its exterior. These materials...

Sieve method, or the method of sieves, can mean: in mathematics and computer science, the sieve of Eratosthenes, a simple method for finding prime numbers...

The Sieve is a river in Italy. It is a tributary of the Arno, into which it flows at Pontassieve after a course of 62 km. The Sieve rises in the Tuscan-Emilian...

mathematics, the sieve of Atkin is a modern algorithm for finding all prime numbers up to a specified integer. Compared with the ancient sieve of Eratosthenes...

Sieve theory is a set of general techniques in number theory, designed to count, or more realistically to estimate the size of, sifted sets of integers...

field sieve Large sieve Quadratic sieve Sieve of Atkin Sieve of Eratosthenes Sieve of Sundaram Sieve of Pritchard Sieve, in medicine, a "surgical sieve" refers...

natural number in a set which is generated by a certain "sieve". This sieve is similar to the sieve of Eratosthenes that generates the primes, but it eliminates...

In number theory, the general number field sieve (GNFS) is the most efficient classical algorithm known for factoring integers larger than 10100. Heuristically...

quadratic sieve algorithm (QS) is an integer factorization algorithm and, in practice, the second-fastest method known (after the general number field sieve)....

prime. A prime sieve or prime number sieve is a fast type of algorithm for finding primes. There are many prime sieves. The simple sieve of Eratosthenes...

Haldane's sieve is a concept in population genetics named after the British geneticist J. B. S. Haldane. It refers to the fact that dominant advantageous...

Sievers is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Any member of the Sievers family Anthony John "Tony" Sievers, Australian politician Bryan...

A leaf litter sieve is a piece of equipment used by entomologists, in particular by coleopterists (beetle collectors) (Cooter 1991, page 7) as an aid...

Number field sieve (NFS) is an integer factorization method, it can be: General number field sieve (GNFS): Number field sieve for any integer Special number...

the Legendre sieve, named after Adrien-Marie Legendre, is the simplest method in modern sieve theory. It applies the concept of the Sieve of Eratosthenes...

Sieve is a programming language that can be used for email filtering. It owes its creation to the CMU Cyrus Project, creators of Cyrus IMAP server. The...

structures. Phloem tissue consists of conducting cells, generally called sieve elements, parenchyma cells, including both specialized companion cells or...

In mathematics, the sieve of Pritchard is an algorithm for finding all prime numbers up to a specified bound. Like the ancient sieve of Eratosthenes, it...

In mathematics, the sieve of Sundaram is a variant of the sieve of Eratosthenes, a simple deterministic algorithm for finding all the prime numbers up...

Siever is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Ed Siever (1877–1920), American baseball pitcher Paul Siever (born 1969), American football...

Lehmer sieves are mechanical devices that implement sieves in number theory. Lehmer sieves are named for Derrick Norman Lehmer and his son Derrick Henry...

larger sieve is a sieve invented by Patrick X. Gallagher. The name denotes a heightening of the large sieve. Combinatorial sieves like the Selberg sieve are...

The surgical sieve is a thought process in medicine. It is a typical example of how to organise a structured examination answer for medical students and...

The large sieve is a method (or family of methods and related ideas) in analytic number theory. It is a type of sieve where up to half of all residue...

passatutto, purée sieve, moulinette, mouli légumes, passe-vite, or triturator) is a food preparation utensil for mashing and sieving soft foods invented...

Lattice sieving is a technique for finding smooth values of a bivariate polynomial f ( a , b ) {\displaystyle f(a,b)} over a large region. It is almost...