Stringy zeta functions for \(\mathbb Q\)-Gorenstein varieties (Q1430445)

Let \(X\) be a normal complex variety, and let \(B=\sum b_i B_i\) be a \(\mathbb Q\)--divisor on \(X\) such that \(K_X+B\) is \(\mathbb Q\)--Cartier. Assume there exists a log resolution \(\pi: Y\to X\). Let \(E_i\) be the irreducible divisors in \(\pi^{-1}(\text{supp} B)\) and the exceptional locus of \(\pi\). The log discrepancies \(a_i\) of \(E_i\) with respect to \((X;B)\) are given by \[ K_Y=\pi^\ast (K_X+B)+ \sum(a_i-1)E_i, \] and assumed to be non--zero. Let \(E_I^0=(\bigcap_{i\in I} E_i)\smallsetminus(\bigcup_{l\notin I}E_l)\). The stringy Euler number of the pair \((X; B)\) is defined as \[ e(X;B)=\sum\limits_I \chi(E^\circ_I)\prod\limits_{i\in I}\frac{1}{a_i}\;, \] here \(\chi\) is as usual the Euler characteristic. The stringy \(E\)-function of \((X; B)\) is defined to be \[ E(X;B)=\sum\limits_I H(E^\circ_I)\prod\limits_{i\in I}\frac{uv-1}{(uv)^{a_i}-1}\;, \] where \(H(E^\circ_I)\in \mathbb Z[u,v]\) is the Hodge polynomial of \(E_I^\circ\). Some results are given (generalizing Batyrev's results on log terminal singularities) to prove that these invariants are well-defined.