Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2010 iii Paper 75 6 ii Solution Created 2026-10-03 Updated 2026-10-14
Let be fixed objects and form the ambient exponential object . For every , the exponential adjunction identifies maps with maps . Since is left exact and ,and its unit corresponds to . Because is fixed, every map therefore extends uniquely to . Transposing back givesThe fixed-object criterion from part (i) shows that already belongs to . The ambient evaluation and transpose universal property restrict to the full subcategory, proving the subcategory is cartesian closed. This constructs exponentials in a left-exact reflective subcategory, rather than merely reflecting an exponential and assuming its universal property survives.