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Why the scissor relations in Grothendieck rings?

Let $k$ be a field, and let $K_0(V_k)$ be the Grothendieck ring of $k$-varieties. One type of relation which defines $K_0(V_k)$ is the following: if $A$ is a $k$-variety and $C$ a closed subset of $A$,...
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