Splicing conjecture for zeta-like tuples when q=2

Let q=2q=2, and let (s1,,sk)(s_1,\dotsc,s_k) and (sk,,sr)(s_k,\dotsc,s_r) be zeta-like tuples. Their total weight is

i=1rsi.\sum_{i=1}^r s_i.

Splicing conjecture. If this total weight is a power of 22 or one less than a power of 22, then (s1,,sr)(s_1,\dotsc,s_r) is zeta-like, except when the two tuples being spliced are (1,1)(1,1) and (1,1)(1,1). The source reports no further failures in its limited data and says that the analogous general-qq situation appears more restrictive.

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José Alejandro Lara Rodríguez and Dinesh S. Thakur, “Zeta-like Multizeta Values for F_q[t]”, arXiv:1312.4928 (2013).

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