Derivation conjecture for the algebra of multiple t-values

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

A(M(i1,,ik))={M(i1,,ik1),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 TR\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 log2\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.

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

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