Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2026 iii Paper 101 1 a Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
The Tensor-Hom adjunction is the natural isomorphismFor an R-module homomorphism , it is given explicitly byConversely, an -linear map determines the balanced map , so the universal property of the tensor product of modules givesThese formulas are inverse to each other because pure tensors generate the tensor product of modules.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2026 iii Paper 101 1 b Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
Let be an R-module homomorphism. Naturality in the left argument means that precomposition by on the left corresponds under the Tensor-Hom adjunction to precomposition by on the right. For ,Thus the naturality square commutes pointwise on every and .