Zariski's conjecture and Euler-Chow series

Abstract: We study the relations between the finite generation of Cox ring, the rationality of Euler-Chow series and Poincar\'e series and Zariski's conjecture on dimensions of linear systems. We prove that if the Cox ring of a smooth projective variety is finitely generated, then all Poincar\'e series of the variety are rational. We also prove that the multi-variable Poincar\'e series associated to big divisors on a smooth projective surface are rational, assuming the rationality of multi-variable Poincare series on curves.