A streamlined proof of Goodwillie's n-excisive approximation

Abstract

We give a shorter proof of Lemma 1.9 from Goodwillie, "Calculus III", which is the key step in proving that the construction P_nF gives an n-excisive functor.

Expanded introduction

References in corpus (1)

• Calculus III: Taylor Series

Cited by in corpus (4)

• Calculus of functors and model categories II
• Goodwillie's Calculus of Functors and Higher Topos Theory
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• Goodwillie Calculus via Adjunction and LS Cocategory