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Irrationality of motivic zeta functions

Algebraic Geometry 2020-02-12 v2

Abstract

Let K0(VarQ)[1/L]K_0(\mathrm{Var}_{\mathbb{Q}})[1/\mathbb{L}] denote the Grothendieck ring of Q\mathbb{Q}-varieties with the Lefschetz class inverted. We show that there exists a K3 surface X over Q\mathbb{Q} such that the motivic zeta function ζX(t):=n[SymnX]tn\zeta_X(t) := \sum_n [\mathrm{Sym}^n X]t^n regarded as an element in K0(VarQ)[1/L][[t]]K_0(\mathrm{Var}_{\mathbb{Q}})[1/\mathbb{L}][[t]] is not a rational function in tt, thus disproving a conjecture of Denef and Loeser.

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@article{arxiv.1802.03661,
  title  = {Irrationality of motivic zeta functions},
  author = {Michael Larsen and Valery Lunts},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1802.03661},
  year   = {2020}
}

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