Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2001/iii/paper-17/1/ii/solution

The two formulas for the adjunction transposes give both triangle identities for an adjunction directly. Apply the inverse bijection to the transpose of :
Apply the forward bijection to the inverse transpose of :
These are equalities of components of natural transformations, so
No cancellation assumption on either functor is needed: both identities follow from the inverse hom-set bijections.

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