Zeta functions, Grothendieck groups, and the Witt ring
Abstract
We prove some results connecting the zeta functions of varieties over finite fields with the big Witt ring over Z. We explore relations with motivic measures and a classical formula of Macdonald on invariants of symmetric products of a variety.
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