Zeta-value conjecture for renewal sequence point probabilities

Let Ck1,1C_k^{1,1} be the renewal-sequence random variable whose point probabilities are under consideration, and let ζ(j)\zeta(j) denote the Riemann zeta function. For each k1k\geq 1 and 0jk0\leq j\leq k, write the point probability in terms of rational coefficients. Zeta-value conjecture. For each k1k\geq 1 and 0jk0\leq j\leq k,

P(Ck1,1=j)=qk,1+j=2kqk,jζ(j),\mathbb{P}(C^{1,1}_k = j) = q_{k,1} + \sum_{j = 2}^k q_{k,j} \zeta(j),

with qk,jq_{k,j} rational numbers. This conjecture extends the observed formulas through k=4k=4 and the cases j=0,k1,kj=0,k-1,k; an explicit formula for the point probabilities for general jj and kk remains open.

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Jean-Jil Duchamps, Jim Pitman and Wenpin Tang, “Renewal sequences and record chains related to multiple zeta sums”, arXiv:1707.07776 (2019).

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