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Right-adjoint criterion using comma-category colimits (GA=colimUA​)

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A functor F:X→A preserving the possibly large colimits of the projections UA​:(F↓A)→X has a right adjoint exactly when all those colimits exist. The universal cocone makes its vertex a terminal object of (F↓A), hence a representation of A(F−,A).

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  • Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2015 / iii / Paper 22 / 3 / c / Solution

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