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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2015 iii Paper 22 1 a Solution by
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For a locally small category , an object , and a categorical presheaf , the Yoneda lemma gives the natural bijectionIts two maps are explicitlyFor , the equation proves naturality of . Evaluating it at the identity morphism gives . Conversely, naturality of at givesso . Evaluation at the identity and transport of an element along a morphism are mutually inverse.
The bijection is natural in both variables: a natural transformation sends to , matching ; and givesFor completeness, the covariant Yoneda lemma for is , with and inverse .
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