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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2010 iii Paper 21 4 Solution by
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Write and for the unit and counit of an adjunction. The induced monad hasThe Eilenberg-Moore comparison functor sends to the algebra for a monadand sends to . The triangle identities for an adjunction give the algebra unit law, and naturality of the counit gives the algebra multiplication law and the algebra-morphism equation for .
If has coequalizers, define the Left adjoint to the Eilenberg-Moore comparison functor at an algebra byThe parallel pair is reflexive through . A morphism is equivalently an arrow with . Under , its transpose is . The transpose of is , while the transpose of is . Hence the coequalizer condition is exactlythe equation for a morphism of algebras for a monad . This supplies the natural bijection proving , and also defines on algebra morphisms by the coequalizer universal property.
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