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Some evaluation of cubic Euler sums

Number Theory 2017-10-20 v3

Abstract

P. Flajolet and B. Salvy \cite{FS1998} prove the famous theorem that a nonlinear Euler sum Si1i2ir,qS_{i_1i_2\cdots i_r,q} reduces to a combination of sums of lower orders whenever the weight i1+i2++ir+qi_1+i_2+\cdots+i_r+q and the order rr are of the same parity. In this article, we develop an approach to evaluate the cubic sums S12m,pS_{1^2m,p} and S1l1l2,l3S_{1l_1l_2,l_3}. By using the approach, we establish some relations involving cubic, quadratic and linear Euler sums. Specially, we prove the cubic sums S12m,mS_{1^2m,m} and S1(2l+1)2,2l+1S_{1(2l+1)^2,2l+1} are reducible to zeta values, quadratic and linear sums. Moreover, we prove that the two combined sums involving multiple zeta values of depth four {i,j}{1,2},ijζ(mi,mj,1,1)and{i,j,k}{1,2,3},ijkζ(mi,mj,mk,1)\sum\limits_{\left\{ {i,j} \right\} \in \left\{ {1,2} \right\},i \ne j} {\zeta \left( {{m_i},{m_j},1,1} \right)}\quad {\rm and}\quad \sum\limits_{\left\{ {i,j,k} \right\} \in \left\{ {1,2,3} \right\},i \ne j \ne k} {\zeta \left( {{m_i},{m_j},{m_k},1} \right)} can be expressed in terms of multiple zeta values of depth 3\leq 3, here 2m1,m2,m3N2\leq m_1,m_2,m_3\in \N. Finally, we evaluate the alternating cubic Euler sums S1ˉ3,2r+1{S_{{{\bar 1}^3},2r + 1}} and show that it are reducible to alternating quadratic and linear Euler sums. The approach is based on Tornheim type series computations.

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@article{arxiv.1705.06088,
  title  = {Some evaluation of cubic Euler sums},
  author = {Ce Xu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1705.06088},
  year   = {2017}
}
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