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Symmetry results for multiple $t$-values

Number Theory 2025-03-25 v1

Abstract

For a composition II whose first part exceeds 1, we can define the multiple tt-value t(I)t(I) as the sum of all the terms in the series for the multiple zeta value ζ(I)\zeta(I) whose denominators are odd. In this paper we show that if II is composition of n3n\ge 3, then t(I)=(1)n1t(Iˉ)t(I)=(-1)^{n-1}t(\bar I) mod products, where Iˉ\bar I is the reverse of II, and both sides are suitably regularized when II ends in 1. This result is not true for multiple zeta values, though there is an argument-reversal result that does hold for them (and for multiple tt-values as well). We actually prove a more general version of this result, and then use it to establish explicit formulas for several classes of multiple tt-values and interpolated multiple tt-values.

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@article{arxiv.2204.14183,
  title  = {Symmetry results for multiple $t$-values},
  author = {Steven Charlton and Michael E. Hoffman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2204.14183},
  year   = {2025}
}

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36 pages

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