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Stratified motivic invariants and bivariate deformations of Poincaré polynomials

Algebraic Geometry 2026-07-26 v1

Abstract

For a stratified variety XX and a motivic invariant H\mathbb{H}, we consider the stratified invariant which interpolates the invariant of XX and that of its interior XX^{\circ}. Based on observations in moduli theory, we introduce the notion of an echelon tower of stratified varieties and then prove explicit inductive formulae for the stratified invariants of the moduli spaces M0,n\overline{M}_{0,n} of stable curves of genus 00 and the Fulton-MacPherson varieties Y[n]Y[n] for any smooth projective variety YY. Using these, we show that the mysterious bivariate deformations of the even degree Poincar\'e polynomials of M0,n+1\overline{M}_{0,n+1} and P1[n]\mathbb{P}^1[n] in \cite{BercziKiem2026} are nothing but stratified virtual Poincar\'e polynomials.

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@article{arxiv.2607.23890,
  title  = {Stratified motivic invariants and bivariate deformations of Poincaré polynomials},
  author = {Gergely Bérczi and Young-Hoon Kiem},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.23890},
  year   = {2026}
}

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