Higher order generalized Euler characteristics and generating series

Abstract

For a complex quasi-projective manifold with a finite group action, we define higher order generalized Euler characteristics with values in the Grothendieck ring of complex quasi-projective varieties extended by the rational powers of the class of the affine line. We compute the generating series of generalized Euler characteristics of a fixed order of the Cartesian products of the manifold with the wreath product actions on them.