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Tests of conjectures on multiple Watson values

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-05-01 v1 Number Theory

Abstract

I define multiple Watson values (MWVs) as iterated integrals, on the interval x[0,1]x\in[0,1], of the 6 differential forms A=dlog(x)A=d\log(x), B=dlog(1x)B=-d\log(1-x), T=dlog(1z1x)T=-d\log(1-z_1x), U=dlog(1z2x)U=-d\log(1-z_2x), V=dlog(1z3x)V=-d\log(1-z_3x) and W=dlog(1z4x)W=-d\log(1-z_4x), where z1=γ2z_1=\gamma^2, z2=γ/(1+γ)z_2=\gamma/(1+\gamma), z3=γ2/(1γ)z_3=\gamma^2/(1-\gamma) and z4=γ=2sin(π/14)z_4=\gamma=2\sin(\pi/14) solves the cubic (1γ2)(1γ)=γ(1-\gamma^2)(1-\gamma)=\gamma. Following a suggestion by Pierre Deligne, I conjecture that the dimension of the space of Z{\mathbb Z}-linearly independent MWVs of weight ww is the number DwD_w generated by 1/(12xx2x3)=1+w>0Dwxw1/(1-2x-x^2-x^3)=1+\sum_{w>0}D_w x^w. This agrees with 6639 integer relation searches, of dimensions up to D5+1=85D_5+1=85, performed at 2000-digit precision, for w<6w<6.

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@article{arxiv.1504.08007,
  title  = {Tests of conjectures on multiple Watson values},
  author = {David Broadhurst},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1504.08007},
  year   = {2015}
}

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