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Conics in the Grothendieck ring

Algebraic Geometry 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

This note describes the subring of the Grothendieck ring of k-varieties generated by smooth conics; finding many zero divisors. The proof uses only elementary projective geometry.

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@article{arxiv.math/0305302,
  title  = {Conics in the Grothendieck ring},
  author = {János Kollár},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0305302},
  year   = {2007}
}