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A supplied pointwise right adjoint extends uniquely to a functor

Statement

Let F:CD be a functor between locally small categories. Suppose an object GdC is supplied for every dD, together with an isomorphism

θd:D(F(),d)C(,Gd)

natural in the variable of C. Then the object assignment dGd has a unique functor structure for which the θd are natural in d, and FG.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: The functor F, supplied objects Gd, and representing isomorphisms θd as in the Statement.

[F1]

A representation of a presheaf is an object together with a natural isomorphism from the corresponding representable presheaf (Presheaves, covariantly and contravariantly representable functors, and representations).

[F2]

The Yoneda bijection is natural in both the represented object and the presheaf, so a natural transformation between represented presheaves is induced by a unique morphism between their representing objects (The Yoneda bijection Nat(C(a,),F)F(a) is natural in both a and F).

[L1]

A natural family D(Fc,d)C(c,Gd) determines an adjunction (Under local smallness, transposition gives the natural hom-set bijection, and conversely).

Proof

technique · direct
1.1

For h:dd, postcomposition by h gives a natural transformation D(F(),d)D(F(),d). Transport it through θd and θd; [F2] supplies a unique morphism G(h):GdGd representing the result.

F1F2construct
2.1

Postcomposition by an identity is the identity transformation, so Yoneda uniqueness gives G(1d)=1Gd.

step 1.1F2
2.2

Postcomposition by kh is the composite of postcomposition by h and by k, so Yoneda uniqueness gives G(kh)=G(k)G(h). Thus G is a functor.

step 1.1F2
3.1

The definition in step 1.1 makes θ natural in d; it was natural in c by hypothesis. Therefore [L1] gives FG.

step 1.1step 2.1step 2.2L1
4.1

If another functor structure made every θd natural, its value on h would induce the same transported natural transformation, so [F2] would force it to equal G(h). The supplied object assignment also shows that no class-sized selection was made in the proof.

step 1.1F2

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