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Discrete-indiscrete adjunction (D⊣J:Top→Top)

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Discretization D and indiscretization J retain underlying sets. Every function DX→Y is continuous, and every function X→JY is continuous, giving the adjunction. Its induced monad and comonad are idempotent, since repeated discrete topology or indiscrete topology construction changes nothing.

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