Piecewise-isomorphism conjecture for birational complements
Piecewise-isomorphism conjecture for birational complements
Let be an algebraically closed field of characteristic zero. Let be a separated scheme of finite type over , and let be a birational map inducing an isomorphism of -schemes on dense open subsets of . Recall that two -schemes of finite type are piecewise isomorphic if each admits a finite partition into locally closed subschemes whose corresponding reduced subschemes are isomorphic over .
Piecewise-isomorphism conjecture. The -schemes
are piecewise isomorphic.
This conjecture is a reformulation of the question whether equality in the Grothendieck ring of varieties implies piecewise isomorphism. It holds for separated schemes of finite type of dimension at most over an algebraically closed field of characteristic zero, but remains open in general, particularly for schemes having infinitely many rational curves.
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Stéphane Lamy and Julien Sebag, “Birational self-maps and piecewise algebraic geometry”, arXiv:1112.5706 (2011).
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