{
  "id": "1407.1813",
  "version": "v2",
  "published": "2014-07-07T19:22:17.000Z",
  "updated": "2014-07-10T22:44:56.000Z",
  "title": "Zeta functions, Grothendieck groups, and the Witt ring",
  "authors": [
    "Niranjan Ramachandran"
  ],
  "comment": "23 pages, submitted for publication. Added reference to Niko Naumann's work. Comments welcome",
  "categories": [
    "math.NT",
    "math.AG",
    "math.KT"
  ],
  "abstract": "We prove some results connecting the zeta functions of varieties over finite fields with the big Witt ring over $\\mathbb Z$. We explore relations with motivic measures and a classical formula of Macdonald on invariants of symmetric products of a variety.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v2",
      "updated": "2014-07-10T22:44:56.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "subjects": [
      "11Mxx",
      "14G15"
    ],
    "keywords": [
      "zeta functions",
      "grothendieck groups",
      "symmetric products",
      "motivic measures",
      "finite fields"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 23,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2014arXiv1407.1813R"
    }
  }
}