Bachmann's polynomial reformulation of the bracket conjecture

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For r≥1r\geq 1, let Pr(N)\mathcal{P}_r(N) be the set of tuples (m,n)(\mathbf{m},\mathbf{n}) occurring in the coefficient formula for bi-brackets, and let P∈Q[X1,…,Xr,Y1,…,Yr]P\in\mathbb{Q}[X_1,\dots,X_r,Y_1,\dots,Y_r]. Set

M:=r+∑i=1rdeg⁡Yi(P).M:=r+\sum_{i=1}^r\deg_{Y_i}(P).

Refinement of Bachmann's conjecture. There exist polynomials Qj∈Q[X1,…,Xj]Q_j\in\mathbb{Q}[X_1,\dots,X_j], for j≥1j\geq 1, with Qj≡0Q_j\equiv 0 for all but finitely many jj, such that for every N≥1N\geq 1,

∑(m,n)∈Pr(N)P(m1,…,mr,n1,…,nr)=∑j=1M∑(m,n)∈Pj(N)Qj(n1,…,nr).\sum_{(\mathbf{m},\mathbf{n})\in\mathcal{P}_r(N)}P(m_1,\dots,m_r,n_1,\dots,n_r)=\sum_{j=1}^{M}\sum_{(\mathbf{m},\mathbf{n})\in\mathcal{P}_j(N)}Q_j(n_1,\dots,n_r).

This is presented as a reformulation of the conjecture that brackets and bi-brackets span the same space, translating that algebraic claim into coefficient identities for arbitrary polynomials. Its status is therefore the same unresolved status as Bachmann's spanning conjecture.

References

Primary source

Benjamin Brindle, “A unified approach to qMZVs”, arXiv:2111.00051 (2021).

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