7.4.7 The Diagonal

The diagonal of the right tensor product of pointed sets is the natural transformation

whose component

\[ \Delta ^{\rhd }_{X}\colon (X,x_{0})\to (X\rhd X,x_{0}\rhd x_{0}) \]

at $(X,x_{0})\in \operatorname {\mathrm{Obj}}(\mathsf{Sets}_{*})$ is given by

\[ \Delta ^{\rhd }_{X}(x)\mathrel {\smash {\overset {\mathclap {\scriptscriptstyle \text{def}}}=}}x\rhd x \]

for each $x\in X$.

Being a Morphism of Pointed Sets
We have

\[ \Delta ^{\rhd }_{X}(x_{0})\mathrel {\smash {\overset {\mathclap {\scriptscriptstyle \text{def}}}=}}x_{0}\rhd x_{0}, \]

and thus $\Delta ^{\rhd }_{X}$ is a morphism of pointed sets.

Naturality
We need to show that, given a morphism of pointed sets

\[ f\colon (X,x_{0})\to (Y,y_{0}), \]

the diagram

commutes. Indeed, this diagram acts on elements as
and hence indeed commutes, showing $\Delta ^{\rhd }$ to be natural.


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