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Motivic Hilbert zeta functions of curves are rational

Algebraic Geometry 2020-05-06 v2

Abstract

The motivic Hilbert zeta function of a variety is the generating function for classes in the Grothendieck ring of varieties of Hilbert schemes of points of the variety. In this paper, the motivic Hilbert zeta function of a reduced curve is shown to be rational.

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@article{arxiv.1710.04198,
  title  = {Motivic Hilbert zeta functions of curves are rational},
  author = {Dori Bejleri and Dhruv Ranganathan and Ravi Vakil},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1710.04198},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

16 pages, 2 figures. v2: Minor changes. Final version to appear in the Journal of the Institute of Mathematics of Jussieu