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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2015 iii Paper 22 5 b ii Solution by
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Assume the hom-set condition. Its surjectivity at gives with . We show that this splitting is two-sided.
Because is fully faithful, is invertible. Both triangle identities for an adjunction give, after suppressing ,Applying to yields . Naturality of the adjunction unit at gives , hence . Consequently the hom-set condition forces the unit to be invertible:Only surjectivity at was needed for this direction; the given family of bijections certainly supplies it.
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