Algebraic independence in the Grothendieck ring of varieties

Naumann, N.

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Algebraic independence in the Grothendieck ring of varieties
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Abstract:

We give sufficient cohomological criteria for the classes of given varieties over a field $k$ to be algebraically independent in the Grothendieck ring of varieties over $k$ and construct some examples.

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