adjunction in 2-cat

1. Definition

Let 20231015-adjunction_2d5d1c2bfbb1a2fca757f722875cd0787290c048.svg be categories and 20231015-adjunction_9352f12ce953c6c846efcd0d29b15dd6602dcb10.svg adjoints. Then the natural isomorphism

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is said to be the adjunction

Note that by stating definitions we get for

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and 20231015-adjunction_3c494206a4221dac6846e1684f503eacd85ac643.svg commuting diagrams

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where for 20231015-adjunction_840feef329c6357bd3d00fb65ce87f93384abad2.svg

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is the short notation for

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and analogously for 20231015-adjunction_da12440ed8e910f4c11b5491c4eeef08031f1f46.svg

by taking definitions

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Date: nil

Author: Anton Zakrewski

Created: 2024-10-13 So 18:37