On the motive of the Quot scheme of finite quotients of a locally free sheaf (Q2212105)

Let \(K_0(\text{Var}_{\mathbb C})\) be the Grothendieck ring of varieties, the quotient of the free abelian group on isomorphism classes of complex varieties with relations \([X \setminus Y]=[X]-[Y]\) for \(Y \subset X\) a subvariety and product \([X \cdot Z]=[X \times_{\mathbb C} Z]\). For a rank \(r\) bundle \(E\) on a smooth complex proper variety \(X\), the author uses the theory of power structures due to \textit{S. M. Gusein-Zade} et al. [Math. Res. Lett. 11, No. 1, 49--57 (2004; Zbl 1063.14026)] to express the generating function \(Z_E (t) = \sum_{n \geq 0} [\text{Quot}_X (E,n)] t^n \in K_0(\text{Var}_{\mathbb C}) [[t]]\) for the motives \([\text{Quot}_X (E,n)]\) as the power \((\sum_{n \geq 0} P_{r,n} t^n)^{[X]}\), where \(P_{r,n} \in K_0(\text{Var}_{\mathbb C})\) is the class of the punctual Quot scheme parametrizing quotients of \(E\) supported at a single fixed point in \(X\). This extends the case \(r=1\) proved by \textit{S. M. Gusein-Zade} et al. [Mich. Math. J. 54, No. 2, 353--359 (2006; Zbl 1122.14003)] and, since the expression only depends on \(r,n\) and \(\dim X\), it also extends the case \(\dim X = 1\) proved by \textit{M. Bagnarol} et al. [New York J. Math. 26, 138--148 (2020; Zbl 1439.14028)]. He also computes the relative motive \(Z^{\text{rel}} (\mathbb Z^d,r) = \sum_{n \geq 0} [\text{Quot}_{\mathbb A^d} ({\mathcal O}^r,n) \to \text{Sym}^n \mathbb A^d]\) as a plethystic exponential.