The arithmetic-progression symmetry conjecture for weighted finite multiple zeta sums

About 8 years old · traced to

For n1,…,nd∈Qn_{1},\dots,n_{d}\in\mathbb{Q}, define

Wk(n1,…,nd)=∑k1,…,kd≥1k1+⋯+kd=kn1k1⋯ndkdζA(k1,…,kd),W_{k}(n_{1},\dots,n_{d})=\sum_{\substack{k_{1},\dots,k_{d}\geq1\\ k_{1}+\cdots+k_{d}=k}}n_{1}^{k_{1}}\cdots n_{d}^{k_{d}}\zeta_{\mathcal{A}}(k_{1},\dots,k_{d}),

and let Wk⋆(n1,…,nd)W_{k}^{\star}(n_{1},\dots,n_{d}) be the analogous sum with ζA⋆\zeta_{\mathcal{A}}^{\star}. For k,r∈Z≥1k,r\in\mathbb{Z}_{\geq1} and a,b∈Qa,b\in\mathbb{Q}, consider the arithmetic progression (a,a+b,a+2b,…,a+rb)(a,a+b,a+2b,\dots,a+rb). The arithmetic-progression symmetry conjecture.

Wk(a,a+b,a+2b,…,a+rb)=Wk(b,a+b,a+2b,…,a+rb),W_{k}(a,a+b,a+2b,\dots,a+rb)=W_{k}(b,a+b,a+2b,\dots,a+rb), Wk⋆(a,a+b,a+2b,…,a+rb)=Wk⋆(b,a+b,a+2b,…,a+rb).W_{k}^{\star}(a,a+b,a+2b,\dots,a+rb)=W_{k}^{\star}(b,a+b,a+2b,\dots,a+rb).

This is presented as a conjectural weighted sum formula for finite multiple zeta values, distinct from the theorem earlier in the paper; its resolution is not indicated in the supplied text.

References

Primary source

Minoru Hirose, Hideki Murahara and Shingo Saito, “Weighted sum formula for multiple harmonic sums modulo primes”, arXiv:1808.00844 (2018).

Progress summary

Never refreshed

Nothing recorded yet. Refresh searches the literature and the public web for attempts on this problem, and writes the first summary here.

Solutions 0

No solutions have been posted yet.