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Symmetries of weight 6 multiple polylogarithms and Goncharov's Depth Conjecture

Number Theory 2024-05-24 v1

Abstract

We prove that the weight 6, depth 3, multiple polylogarithm Li4,1,1((xyz)1,x,y) \mathrm{Li}_{4,1,1}((xyz)^{-1}, x, y) , or rather its more natural `divergent' incarnation Li3;1,1,1(x,y,z) \mathrm{Li}_{3;1,1,1}(x,y,z) , satisfies the 6-fold anharmonic symmetries of the dilogarithm Li2 \mathrm{Li}_2 , λ1λ \lambda \mapsto 1-\lambda and λλ1 \lambda \mapsto \lambda^{-1} , in each of xx, yy and zz independently, modulo terms of depth 2 \leq2 . This establishes the `higher Zagier' part of the weight 6, depth 3, reduction conjectured by Matveiakin and Rudenko. Together with their proof of the `higher Gangl' part of the weight 6, depth 3, reduction (which is formulated modulo the `higher Zagier' part), we establish Goncharov's Depth Conjecture in the case of weight 6, depth 3.

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@article{arxiv.2405.13853,
  title  = {Symmetries of weight 6 multiple polylogarithms and Goncharov's Depth Conjecture},
  author = {Steven Charlton},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.13853},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

70 pages, 3 figures and several inline diagrams. 6 ancillary files: 2 Mathematica worksheets (for weight 4, and for weight 6 verification), 2 text files giving identities in Mathematica format (via degenerate Li_{3;1,1,1}'s, and via depth <=2), and 2 corresponding text files giving identities in [[coeff, func, [arg1, ..., argd], ...] format