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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2014 iii Paper 20 4 iii Solution by
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The key fact is that the extra left adjoint sends each representable to an indecomposable projective object. Let be epic. The inverse image preserves epimorphisms and coproducts, because it is a left adjoint between toposes. Apply it and lift the unit through the resulting epimorphism, using projectivity of . A map from to a coproduct selects one component, by evaluation at and the Yoneda lemma. Thus for some we obtain with .
Transpose across to . The displayed equality says that its composite back to is the identity. This proves the required indecomposable-projective property.
Since idempotents split in , part (ii) supplies objects and isomorphisms . Full faithfulness of the Yoneda embedding transports the action of on representable arrows to a functor . For ,These identifications are natural in both and . HenceIts right adjoint is consequently the right Kan extension from part (i), uniquely up to natural isomorphism. Thus the entire geometric morphism is induced by .
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