Regularized Multitangent Functions and Reduction Theorem
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 , where is the harmonic truncation and is the harmonic-number function. Applying this comparison to symmetric multitangent truncations yields meromorphic, -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 are determined from the limits as : both vanish whenever the index contains an entry greater than , whereas the exceptional indices are evaluated through a sine-quotient generating function. As a consequence, we obtain a family of relations among regularized multiple zeta values.
Cite
@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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