On Stringy E-functions and the Non-negativity Conjecture for Determinantal Varieties

Abstract: We compute the stringy E-functions of determinantal varieties and establish that the stringy E-function of a determinantal variety coincides with the E-function of the product of a Grassmannian and an affine space. Furthermore, a similar result holds for the projectivization of determinantal varieties. As an application, we verify the non-negativity conjecture for the stringy Hodge numbers of these varieties.