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Free-forgetful Eilenberg-Moore adjunction (FT⊣GT)

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For a monad (T,η,μ), the free algebra functor sends X to (TX,μX​) and is a left adjoint to the forgetful functor from the Eilenberg-Moore category. The transpose bijection sends an monad algebra morphism h:TX→A to hηX​; its inverse sends k:X→A to aT(k), where a:TA→A is the algebra structure. The monad and algebra laws make these inverse and natural. The adjunction unit is η and the adjunction counit at (A,a) is a, so the induced monad has exactly the original endofunctor, unit and multiplication.

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  • Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2012 / iii / Paper 25 / 6 / b / Solution

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