Borwein–Bradley–Broadhurst Eulerian multiple zeta value conjecture

For a multi-index k=(k1,,kd)\boldsymbol{k}=(k_1,\ldots,k_d), write ζ(k)\zeta(\boldsymbol{k}) for its multiple zeta value, and write {2}m\{2\}^m for mm consecutive entries equal to 22. For m,n0m,n\geq0, set wt=4(m+1)n+2m\mathrm{wt}=4(m+1)n+2m. Borwein–Bradley–Broadhurst conjecture.

ζ({{2}m,1,{2}m,3}n,{2}m)=12n+1πwt(wt+1)!=12n+1ζ({2}wt/2).\zeta(\{\{2\}^{m},1,\{2\}^{m},3\}^{n},\{2\}^{m})=\frac{1}{2n+1}\frac{\pi^{\mathrm{wt}}}{(\mathrm{wt}+1)!}=\frac{1}{2n+1}\zeta(\{2\}^{\mathrm{wt}/2}).

These values were discovered numerically as conjecturally Eulerian multiple zeta values; the source reports extensive numerical evidence but no proof or resolution.

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Minoru Hirose and Nobuo Sato, “Block shuffle identities for multiple zeta values”, arXiv:2206.03458 (2022).

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