Parametrised functor calculus: excision, spheres, and semiadditivity

Abstract

We lay down the foundations of a theory of parametrised functor calculus, generalising parts of the functor calculus of Goodwillie. We introduce the notion of excisable posets and develop a theory of excisive approximations in this context. As an application, we introduce two different excisable posets when parametrising over an atomic orbital category. By comparing the notions of excisiveness for these two posets, we relate the invertibility of certain spheres with Nardin's notion of parametrised semiadditivity, generalising Wirthm\"uller's classical result in equivariant homotopy theory for finite groups.