Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-mathematics-course-of-the-university-of-cambridge/2003/iii/paper-18/5/ii/solution

Apply the inverse transpose formula to , which by definition is the transpose of . This gives . Likewise transposes to , so . Hence the triangle identities for an adjunction are
These are equalities of natural transformations; their components are exactly the two identities just proved.

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