Goodwillie's calculus of functors and higher topos theory

We develop an approach to Goodwillie's calculus of functors using the techniques of higher topos theory. Central to our method is the introduction of the notion of fiberwise orthogonality, a strengthening of ordinary orthogonality which allows us to give a number of useful characterizations of...

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Published in:Journal of topology 2018-12, Vol.11 (4), p.1100-1132
Main Authors: Anel, M., Biedermann, G., Finster, E., Joyal, A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
18B25
18F05 (primary)
55P65
Algebraic Topology
Mathematics
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Summary:We develop an approach to Goodwillie's calculus of functors using the techniques of higher topos theory. Central to our method is the introduction of the notion of fiberwise orthogonality, a strengthening of ordinary orthogonality which allows us to give a number of useful characterizations of the class of n‐excisive maps. We use these results to show that the pushout product of a Pn‐equivalence with a Pm‐equivalence is a Pm+n+1‐equivalence. Building on topos‐theoretic methods developed in previous work, we then prove a Blakers–Massey type theorem for the Goodwillie tower of functors. We show how to use the resulting techniques to rederive some foundational theorems in the subject, such as delooping of homogeneous functors.
ISSN:1753-8416
1753-8424
1753-8424
1753-8416
DOI:10.1112/topo.12082