On the motive of the nested Quot scheme of points on a curve

Abstract: Let

C

be a smooth curve over an algebraically closed field

m a t h b f k

, and let

E

be a locally free sheaf of rank

r

. We compute, for every

d > 0

, the generating function of the motives

, varying

, where

is the nested Quot scheme of points, parametrising

0

-dimensional subsequent quotients

E w o h e a d r i g h t a r r o w T_{d} w o h e a d r i g h t a r r o w c d o t s w o h e a d r i g h t a r r o w T_{1}

of fixed length

n_{i} = c h i (T_{i})

. The resulting series, obtained by exploiting the Bialynicki-Birula decomposition, factors into a product of shifted motivic zeta functions of

C

. In particular, it is a rational function.

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