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Regularized Multitangent Functions and Reduction Theorem

Number Theory 2026-08-05 v1

Abstract

We develop a direct analytic theory of stuffle-regularized multitangent functions and prove their reduction to finite linear combinations of monotangent functions, without using mould calculus. We first establish an asymptotic comparison between one-sided truncated multiple Hurwitz zeta functions and their stuffle regularizations at the natural parameter TNH(s)T_N-H(s), where TNT_N is the harmonic truncation and H(s)H(s) is the harmonic-number function. Applying this comparison to symmetric multitangent truncations yields meromorphic, 11-periodic regularized multitangent functions. An explicit partial-fraction decomposition of each summand, combined with asymptotic estimates for moving truncation ranges, gives formulas for the reduction coefficients in terms of stuffle-regularized multiple zeta values. The constant term and the coefficient of the monotangent T(1;s)\mathcal T(1;s) are determined from the limits as Ims±\operatorname{Im}s\to\pm\infty: both vanish whenever the index contains an entry greater than 11, whereas the exceptional indices {1}r\{1\}^r are evaluated through a sine-quotient generating function. As a consequence, we obtain a family of relations among regularized multiple zeta values.

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@article{arxiv.2608.04492,
  title  = {Regularized Multitangent Functions and Reduction Theorem},
  author = {Jia Li},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2608.04492},
  year   = {2026}
}

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