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arxiv: math/0204306 · v1 · pith:3ZFYXAG3new · submitted 2002-04-24 · 🧮 math.AG · math.NT

The Grothendieck ring of varieties is not a domain

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Let k be a field. Let K_0(V_k) denote the quotient of the free abelian group generated by the geometrically reduced varieties over k, modulo the relations of the form [X]=[X-Y]+[Y] whenever Y is a closed subvariety of X. Product of varieties makes K_0(V_k) into a ring. We prove that if the characteristic of k is zero, then K_0(V_k) is not a domain.

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