Broadhurst–Kreimer dimension conjecture for multiple zeta values

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Let Zk\mathcal Z_k be the space spanned by multiple zeta values of weight kk, and let gr⁡lD⁡Zk\operatorname{gr}^{\operatorname{D}}_l\mathcal Z_k denote its depth-graded part of depth ll. Define

E⁡2(x)=x21−x2,O⁡3(x)=x31−x2,S⁡(x)=x12(1−x4)(1−x6).\operatorname{\mathsf{E}}_2(x)=\frac{x^2}{1-x^2},\qquad \operatorname{\mathsf{O}}_3(x)=\frac{x^3}{1-x^2},\qquad \operatorname{\mathsf{S}}(x)=\frac{x^{12}}{(1-x^4)(1-x^6)}.

Broadhurst–Kreimer's conjecture. The generating series of the dimensions of the weight- and depth-graded parts is

∑k,l≥0dim⁡Q(gr⁡lD⁡Zk)xkyl=1+E⁡2(x)y1−O⁡3(x)y+S⁡(x)y2−S⁡(x)y4.\sum_{k,l\geq 0}\dim_{\mathbb Q}\left(\operatorname{gr}^{\operatorname{D}}_l\mathcal Z_k\right)x^ky^l=\frac{1+\operatorname{\mathsf{E}}_2(x)y}{1-\operatorname{\mathsf{O}}_3(x)y+\operatorname{\mathsf{S}}(x)y^2-\operatorname{\mathsf{S}}(x)y^4}.

This refines Zagier's weight-dimension conjecture by incorporating depth. The source attributes the refinement to Broadhurst and Kreimer and presents it as conjectural; no resolution is supplied.

References

Primary source

Henrik Bachmann and Ulf Kuehn, “A dimension conjecture for q-analogues of multiple zeta values”, arXiv:1708.07464 (2017).

Additional references

4 papers in this index state this conjecture (2013–2017). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:1708.07210, arXiv:1504.04737, arXiv:1301.3053.

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