Sieve method

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;
- in number theory, any of a variety of methods studied in sieve theory
- in combinatorics, the set of methods dealt with in sieve theory or more specifically, the inclusion-exclusion principle
in statistics, and particularly econometrics, the use of sieve estimators

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