Broadhurst's generalized parity conjecture for sixth-root multiple polylogarithms

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Let z1,,zdz_1,\ldots,z_d be sixth roots of unity, and let n=(n1,,nd)\boldsymbol{n}=(n_1,\ldots,n_d) be a multi-index with weight n=n1++nd\left\lvert\boldsymbol{n}\right\rvert=n_1+\cdots+n_d. For a multiple polylogarithm Lin(z)\operatorname{Li}_{\boldsymbol{n}}(\boldsymbol{z}), its depth is dd.

Generalized parity conjecture. If n+d\left\lvert\boldsymbol{n}\right\rvert+d is odd, then the real part ReLin(z)\operatorname{Re}\operatorname{Li}_{\boldsymbol{n}}(\boldsymbol{z}) has depth at most d1d-1. If n+d\left\lvert\boldsymbol{n}\right\rvert+d is even, then the imaginary part ImLin(z)\operatorname{Im}\operatorname{Li}_{\boldsymbol{n}}(\boldsymbol{z}) has depth at most d1d-1.

This refines the parity theorem for alternating sums at sixth roots of unity; the source notes that the original formulation is stated modulo products and is equivalent by a recursive argument. The status of this sixth-root refinement is not resolved in the supplied text.

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Erik Panzer, “The parity theorem for multiple polylogarithms”, arXiv:1512.04482 (2016).

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