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Multiple Clausen values and deformed Apéry-like series

Number Theory 2026-07-16 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory Combinatorics

Abstract

With generalized central binomial coefficients (2xx):=Γ(2x+1)[Γ(x+1)]2 \binom{2x}{x}:=\frac{\Gamma(2x+1)}{[\Gamma(x+1)]^2} defined through Euler's gamma function, we represent deformed Ap\'ery-like series As,n:=k=1 ⁣nxn1xs(2xx)x=k \mathscr A_{s,n}:=\sum_{k=1}^\infty\left.\!\frac{\partial^n}{\partial x^n}\frac{1}{x^s\binom{2x}{x}}\right|_{x=k} by multiple Clausen values (MCVs), which belong to a special class of cyclotomic multiple zeta values (CMZVs) at level 33. For example, exploiting provable algebraic relations among MCVs, we show that A1,5=9[495L(χ3,6)30π2L(χ3,4)2π4L(χ3,2)]4\mathscr A_{1,5}=-\frac{9[495L(\chi_{-3},6)-30\pi^{2}L(\chi_{-3},4)-2\pi^{4}L(\chi_{-3},2)]}{4}andA4,4=352ζ5,315+752537π810206000,\mathscr A_{4,4}=\frac{352\zeta_{5,3}}{15}+\frac{752537\pi^{8}}{10206000},where L(χ3,s):=n=0[(3n+1)s(3n+2)s] L(\chi_{-3},s):=\sum_{n=0}^\infty\left[(3n+1)^{-s}-(3n+2)^{-s}\right] and ζ5,3:=m=1n=1m1m5n3 \zeta_{5,3}:=\sum_{m=1}^\infty\sum_{n=1}^{m-1}m^{-5}n^{-3}.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2607.14646,
  title  = {Multiple Clausen values and deformed Apéry-like series},
  author = {Zhi-Wei Sun and Yajun Zhou},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.14646},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

28 pages, 8 tables. Maple worksheet and Mathematica Notebook available as ancillary files