Derivation conjecture for the algebra of multiple t-values

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Let QSym⁡\operatorname{QSym} be the algebra of quasisymmetric functions, let A−:QSym⁡→QSym⁡A_-:\operatorname{QSym}\to\operatorname{QSym} be the derivation defined by A−(1)=0A_-(1)=0 and

A−(M(i1,…,ik))={M(i1,…,ik−1),if ik=1,0,otherwise,A_-(M_{(i_1,\dots,i_k)})=\begin{cases} M_{(i_1,\dots,i_{k-1})},&\text{if }i_k=1,\\ 0,&\text{otherwise},\end{cases}

let H0\mathfrak H^0 be the relevant subalgebra, and let θ\theta map H0\mathfrak H^0 to the Q\mathbb Q-subalgebra T⊂R\mathcal T\subset\mathbb R generated by 11 and the multiple tt-values. Derivation conjecture. The algebra T\mathcal T admits a derivation dd such that

dθ=θA−.d\theta=\theta A_-.

In terms of the tabulated formulas, dd corresponds to formal differentiation with respect to log⁡2\log 2. The conjecture proposes that the derivation on quasisymmetric functions descends through θ\theta to the algebra of multiple tt-values; the analogous derivation cannot exist for the algebra generated by multiple zeta values.

References

Primary source

Michael E. Hoffman, “An odd variant of multiple zeta values”, arXiv:1612.05232 (2020).

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