If one vertical arrow in a pullback is an iso, then so is the other

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Consider the pullback square:

$\require{AMScd}$ \begin{CD} A @>f>> B\\ @Vg VV @VV h V\\ C @>>j > D \end{CD}

Suppose $h$ is an isomorphism. I'm trying to show that $g$ is an isomorphism. I considered arrows $1_C,h^{-1}\circ j:C\to C$ and defined $\alpha:C\to A$ as the unique map that makes the appropriate triangles commute. In particular that gave $g\circ \alpha=1_C$. But how to prove that $\alpha\circ g = 1_A$? The best I got is $f\circ \alpha\circ g = f$. I don't know how to get rid of $f$.

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You can show that $\alpha \circ g$ is equal to $1_A$ using the uniqueness condition for maps into a pullback.

$f:A \rightarrow B$ and $g: A \rightarrow C$ are maps such that $h \circ f = j \circ g$ so there is a unique $x:A \rightarrow A$ such that $f \circ x = f$ and $g \circ x = g$. Obviously, $1_A$ is one such $x$.

We need to show that $(\alpha \circ g)$ is another such map. You've proved that $f \circ (\alpha \circ g) = f$. You can also show that $g \circ (\alpha \circ g) = g$. So $(\alpha \circ g)$ satisfies the condition.

Since there is a unique map $x$ satisfying $f \circ x = f$ and $g \circ x = g$, and both $1_A$ and $(\alpha \circ g)$ satisfy this, they must be equal.

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HINT. Show that $A=C$ with the proper map; that is, you have

$\require{AMScd}$ \begin{CD} C @>h^{-1} \circ j>> B\\ @V1_C VV @VV h V\\ C @>>j > D \end{CD}

This amounts to showing that this diagram has all the desired properties. Note that this shows that isomorphisms always have a pullback (in any category where the pullback exists).