most recent 30 from http://mathoverflow.net 2013-05-18T21:56:59Z http://mathoverflow.net/feeds/question/86464 http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/rdf http://mathoverflow.net/questions/86464/surveys-of-goodwillie-calculus Jon Beardsley 2012-01-23T17:27:58Z 2012-01-23T23:08:39Z

<p>Is there a good general introduction to Goodwillie calculus out there, like a paper or publication that gives a general overview of the calculus as well as how it is useful and why we are interested in it (especially with regards to stable homotopy theory)?</p> <p>Or perhaps I might say, while I am reading Goodwillie's Calculus I, is there another paper out there that is introductory, perhaps with a long preface or introduction with intuitive ideas?</p> <p>Thanks!</p>

http://mathoverflow.net/questions/86464/surveys-of-goodwillie-calculus/86465#86465 Tom Leinster 2012-01-23T17:33:37Z 2012-01-23T17:33:37Z

<p>It looks like the <a href="http://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/Goodwillie+calculus" rel="nofollow">nLab article</a> is pretty nice. There you'll find a list of references, including this:</p> <blockquote> <p>Brian Munson, Introduction to the manifold calculus of Goodwillie-Weiss, <a href="http://arxiv.org/abs/1005.1698" rel="nofollow">arXiv:1005.1698</a></p> </blockquote> <p>Is that the kind of thing you're looking for?</p>

http://mathoverflow.net/questions/86464/surveys-of-goodwillie-calculus/86493#86493 Josh Shadlen 2012-01-23T23:08:39Z 2012-01-23T23:08:39Z

<p>You can get a pretty good birds-eye view by reading this 2004 Oberwolfach report (no. 17):</p> <p><a href="http://www.mfo.de/document/0414/OWR_2004_17.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.mfo.de/document/0414/OWR_2004_17.pdf</a></p> <p>Calculus of Functors is the theme of the 2012 Talbot workshop, and one can hope that there will be reasonable attempts made to collect introductory and expository material and make it available. There may be much better answers to your question in a month or two (written 1/23/2012).</p>