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Higher level $q$-multiple zeta values with applications to quasimodular forms and partitions

Number Theory 2025-02-28 v2 Combinatorics

Abstract

In recent years, the generalized sum-of-divisor functions of MacMahon have been unified into the algebraic framework of qq-multiple zeta values. In particular, these results link partition theory, quasimodular forms, qq-multiple zeta values, and quasi-shuffle algebras. In this paper, we complete this idea of unification for higher levels, demonstrating that any quasimodular form of weight k2k \geq 2 and level NN may be expressed in terms of the qq-multiple zeta values of level NN studied algebraically by Yuan and Zhao. We also give results restricted to qq-multiple zeta values with integer coefficients, and we construct completely additive generating sets for spaces of quasimodular forms and for quasimodular forms with integer coefficients. We also provide a variety of computational examples from number-theoretic perspectives that suggest many new applications of the algebraic structure of qq-multiple zeta values to quasimodular forms and partitions.

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@article{arxiv.2409.13874,
  title  = {Higher level $q$-multiple zeta values with applications to quasimodular forms and partitions},
  author = {William Craig},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.13874},
  year   = {2025}
}