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In Category theory subobject classifier Ω is a special object of a category that has the following property:
for each monomorphism f: Y -> X there is a classifying morphism g: X -> Ω such that the following commutative diagram:

Y -> 1
|    |
v    v
X -> Ω

is a pullback diagram - that is, Y is the limit of the diagram


        1
        |
        v
g: X -> Ω

Here 1 is the terminal object of the category.