Let $\mathcal{C}$ be a category.
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Functoriality. The assignment $\mathcal{C}\mapsto \mathsf{Core}\webleft (\mathcal{C}\webright )$ defines a functor
\[ \mathsf{Core}\colon \mathsf{Cats}\to \mathsf{Grpd}. \]
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2-Functoriality. The assignment $\mathcal{C}\mapsto \mathsf{Core}\webleft (\mathcal{C}\webright )$ defines a 2-functor
\[ \mathsf{Core}\colon \mathsf{Cats}_{\mathsf{2}}\to \mathsf{Grpd}_{\mathsf{2}}. \]
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Adjointness. We have an adjunction witnessed by a bijection of sets
\[ \textup{Hom}_{\mathsf{Cats}}\webleft (\mathcal{G},\mathcal{D}\webright )\cong \textup{Hom}_{\mathsf{Grpd}}\webleft (\mathcal{G},\mathsf{Core}\webleft (\mathcal{D}\webright )\webright ), \]
natural in $\mathcal{G}\in \text{Obj}\webleft (\mathsf{Grpd}\webright )$ and $\mathcal{D}\in \text{Obj}\webleft (\mathsf{Cats}\webright )$, forming, together with the functor $\mathrm{K}_{0}$ of Item 1 of Proposition 8.3.2.1.3, a triple adjunction
witnessed by bijections of sets
\begin{align*} \textup{Hom}_{\mathsf{Grpd}}\webleft (\mathrm{K}_{0}\webleft (\mathcal{C}\webright ),\mathcal{G}\webright ) & \cong \textup{Hom}_{\mathsf{Cats}}\webleft (\mathcal{C},\mathcal{G}\webright ),\\ \textup{Hom}_{\mathsf{Cats}}\webleft (\mathcal{G},\mathcal{D}\webright ) & \cong \textup{Hom}_{\mathsf{Grpd}}\webleft (\mathcal{G},\mathsf{Core}\webleft (\mathcal{D}\webright )\webright ),\end{align*}
natural in $\mathcal{C},\mathcal{D}\in \text{Obj}\webleft (\mathsf{Cats}\webright )$ and $\mathcal{G}\in \text{Obj}\webleft (\mathsf{Grpd}\webright )$.
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2-Adjointness. We have an adjunction witnessed by an isomorphism of categories
\[ \mathsf{Fun}\webleft (\mathcal{G},\mathcal{D}\webright )\cong \mathsf{Fun}\webleft (\mathcal{G},\mathsf{Core}\webleft (\mathcal{D}\webright )\webright ), \]
natural in $\mathcal{G}\in \text{Obj}\webleft (\mathsf{Grpd}\webright )$ and $\mathcal{D}\in \text{Obj}\webleft (\mathsf{Cats}\webright )$, forming, together with the 2-functor $\mathrm{K}_{0}$ of Item 2 of Proposition 8.3.2.1.3, a triple 2-adjunction
witnessed by isomorphisms of categories
\begin{align*} \mathsf{Fun}\webleft (\mathrm{K}_{0}\webleft (\mathcal{C}\webright ),\mathcal{G}\webright ) & \cong \mathsf{Fun}\webleft (\mathcal{C},\mathcal{G}\webright ),\\ \mathsf{Fun}\webleft (\mathcal{G},\mathcal{D}\webright ) & \cong \mathsf{Fun}\webleft (\mathcal{G},\mathsf{Core}\webleft (\mathcal{D}\webright )\webright ),\end{align*}
natural in $\mathcal{C},\mathcal{D}\in \text{Obj}\webleft (\mathsf{Cats}\webright )$ and $\mathcal{G}\in \text{Obj}\webleft (\mathsf{Grpd}\webright )$.
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Symmetric Strong Monoidality With Respect to Products. The core functor of Item 1 has a symmetric strong monoidal structure
\[ \webleft (\mathsf{Core},\mathsf{Core}^{\times },\mathsf{Core}^{\times }_{\mathbb {1}}\webright ) \colon \webleft (\mathsf{Cats},\times ,\mathsf{pt}\webright ) \to \webleft (\mathsf{Grpd},\times ,\mathsf{pt}\webright ) \]
being equipped with isomorphisms
\[ \begin{gathered} \mathsf{Core}^{\times }_{\mathcal{C},\mathcal{D}} \colon \mathsf{Core}\webleft (\mathcal{C}\webright )\times \mathsf{Core}\webleft (\mathcal{D}\webright ) \xrightarrow {\cong }\mathsf{Core}\webleft (\mathcal{C}\times \mathcal{D}\webright ),\\ \mathsf{Core}^{\times }_{\mathbb {1}} \colon \mathsf{pt}\xrightarrow {\cong }\mathsf{Core}\webleft (\mathsf{pt}\webright ), \end{gathered} \]
natural in $\mathcal{C},\mathcal{D}\in \text{Obj}\webleft (\mathsf{Cats}\webright )$.
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Symmetric Strong Monoidality With Respect to Coproducts. The core functor of Item 1 has a symmetric strong monoidal structure
\[ \webleft (\mathsf{Core},\mathsf{Core}^{\mathchoice {\mathbin {\textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\scriptstyle \textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\scriptscriptstyle \textstyle \coprod }}},\mathsf{Core}^{\mathchoice {\mathbin {\textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\scriptstyle \textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\scriptscriptstyle \textstyle \coprod }}}_{\mathbb {1}}\webright ) \colon \webleft (\mathsf{Cats},\mathchoice {\mathbin {\textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\scriptstyle \textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\scriptscriptstyle \textstyle \coprod }},\emptyset _{\mathsf{cat}}\webright ) \to \webleft (\mathsf{Grpd},\mathchoice {\mathbin {\textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\scriptstyle \textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\scriptscriptstyle \textstyle \coprod }},\emptyset _{\mathsf{cat}}\webright ) \]
being equipped with isomorphisms
\[ \begin{gathered} \mathsf{Core}^{\mathchoice {\mathbin {\textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\scriptstyle \textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\scriptscriptstyle \textstyle \coprod }}}_{\mathcal{C},\mathcal{D}} \colon \mathsf{Core}\webleft (\mathcal{C}\webright )\mathchoice {\mathbin {\textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\scriptstyle \textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\scriptscriptstyle \textstyle \coprod }}\mathsf{Core}\webleft (\mathcal{D}\webright ) \xrightarrow {\cong }\mathsf{Core}\webleft (\mathcal{C}\mathchoice {\mathbin {\textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\scriptstyle \textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\scriptscriptstyle \textstyle \coprod }}\mathcal{D}\webright ),\\ \mathsf{Core}^{\mathchoice {\mathbin {\textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\scriptstyle \textstyle \coprod }}{\mathbin {\scriptscriptstyle \textstyle \coprod }}}_{\mathbb {1}} \colon \emptyset _{\mathsf{cat}}\xrightarrow {\cong }\mathsf{Core}\webleft (\emptyset _{\mathsf{cat}}\webright ), \end{gathered} \]
natural in $\mathcal{C},\mathcal{D}\in \text{Obj}\webleft (\mathsf{Cats}\webright )$.