adjunction

adjunction
a) A form of similarity between a pair of categories and which is weaker than equivalence, which in turn is weaker than isomorphism. Given functors and , F is "left adjoint" of G, and G "right adjoint" of F, denoted as , if
b) there are a pair of natural transformations <math> \\eta: \\mbox_\\mathcal \\rightarrow GF </math> and <math> \\epsilon: FG \\rightarrow \\mbox_\\mathcal </math> satisfying the following "triangle identities":

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