Another proofs of Zagier's formula for multiple zeta values and Murakami's formula for multiple $t$-values
Abstract
Let be an integer. For any multiple index with , the multiple zeta value (MZV for short) is defined by \begin{align*} \zeta(s_1,s_2,\cdots,s_l):=\sum_{1\leq k_1<k_2<\cdots<k_l} \frac{1}{k_1^{s_1}k_2^{s_2}\cdots k_l^{s_l}} \end{align*} and the multiple -value is defined by \begin{align*} t(s_1,s_2,...,s_l):=\sum_{1\leq k_1<k_2<...<k_l} \frac{1}{(2k_1-1)^{s_1}(2k_2-1)^{s_2}...(2k_l-1)^{s_l}}, \end{align*} where if the index is empty, then we define the value . We denote by the sequence formed by repeating the sequence exactly times. Let and . Zagier's formula for the multiple zeta values was an important and key ingredient in the proof of Hoffman's conjecture. In this paper, with the help of the Lei-Yu-Hong expressions for and as well as Lupu's identity about rational zeta series involving Riemann zeta values and by establishing some identities about binomial coefficients and a result about Kronecker symbol and arithmetic functions, we present another proofs of Zagier's formula stating that for any nonnegative integers and , \begin{align*} H(r,s)=2\sum_{k=1}^{r+s+1}(-1)^k\Big[\binom{2k}{2r+2}-\Big(1-\frac{1}{2^{2k}}\Big) \binom{2k}{2s+1}\Big]\zeta(2k+1)\zeta(\{2\}^{r+s+1-k}), \end{align*} and Murakami's formula for the multiple -values asserting that \begin{align*} T(r,s)=\sum_{k=1}^{r+s+1}(-1)^{k-1} \Big[\binom{2k}{2r+1}+\binom{2k}{2s+1}\Big(1-\frac{1}{2^{2k}}\Big)\Big] \frac{1}{2^{2k}}\zeta(2k+1) t(\{2\}^{r+s+1-k}). \end{align*}
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@article{arxiv.2603.00673,
title = {Another proofs of Zagier's formula for multiple zeta values and Murakami's formula for multiple $t$-values},
author = {Jinmin Yu and Shaofang Hong},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.00673},
year = {2026}
}
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18 pages