Abstract
We prove that iterated Whitehead products of length (n + 1) vanish in any value of an n-excisive functor in the sense of Goodwillie. We compare then different notions of homotopy nilpotency, from the Berstein-Ganea definition to the Biedermann-Dwyer one. The latter is strongly related to Goodwillie calculus and we analyze the vanishing of iterated Whitehead products in such objects.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 119-130 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Forum Mathematicum |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Jan 2015 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© de Gruyter 2015.
Keywords
- Algebraic theory
- Excisive functor
- Goodwillie calculus
- Homotopy nilpotent
- Nilpotent
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Mathematics
- Applied Mathematics