The symmetric powers conjecture for -singularities
The symmetric powers conjecture for -singularities
Let be a smooth variety over , and let . The symmetric power is the quotient by the symmetric group. A variety has -singularities when its class satisfies the corresponding condition defined using the involution in the graded Grothendieck ring. Symmetric powers conjecture. The symmetric power has -singularities.
This is motivated by the theorem that the class of lies in the relevant special submodule up to torsion, and the conjecture asks whether the geometric -singularity property always follows. It remains open.
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Primary source
Andrew Burke, “Involution on the Graded Grothendieck Ring of Varieties and D-Singularities”, arXiv:2508.17587 (2025).
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