Motivic Serre invariants of curves (Q885872)

The theory of motivic integration on formal schemes topologically of finite type and the notion of motivic Serre invariant is generalized to the relative case. The relative motivic Serre invariant for curves defined over the field of fractions of a complete discrete valuation ring of characteristic zero is computed. The behaviour of the motivic Serre invariant under ramified extensions is studied. Using a tower of ramified extensions of the valuation ring a power series is constructed whose coefficients are the motivic Serre invariants. This series is related to the motivic zeta function of Denef and Loeser.