Mneimneh-type binomial-sum conjecture for multiple harmonic-star sums

Let rN0r\in\mathbb{N}_0 and nNn\in\mathbb{N}. For any reals x,yx,y, let pr+1:=(p1,p2,,pr+1)Nr+1{\bf p}_{r+1}:=(p_1,p_2,\ldots,p_{r+1})\in\mathbb{N}^{r+1} and mr:=(m1,,mr)N0r{\bf m}_r:=(m_1,\ldots,m_r)\in\mathbb{N}_0^r. Define pj:=p1++pj|{\bf p}|_j:=p_1+\cdots+p_j and mj:=m1++mj|{\bf m}|_j:=m_1+\cdots+m_j, with m0:=0|{\bf m}|_0:=0, and let ζk(s1,,sd)\zeta_k^\star(s_1,\ldots,s_d) denote the finite multiple harmonic-star sum. Mneimneh-type binomial-sum conjecture. One has

 ⁣k=0nxkynk(nk)ζk({1}p11,m1+2,,{1}pr1,mr+2,{1}pr+11)=(x+y)n ⁣nn1npr+1+mr+r11 ⁣( ⁣yx+y) ⁣j=1r(npj+mj1+j1npj+mj+j)n1npr+1+mr+r1×(1( ⁣yx+y)npr+1+mr+r1).\begin{aligned} &\displaystyle\!\sum_{k=0}^n x^ky^{n-k}\binom{n}{k}\zeta_k^\star\left(\{1\}_{p_1-1},m_1+2,\ldots,\{1\}_{p_r-1},m_r+2,\{1\}_{p_{r+1}-1}\right)\\ &=(x+y)^n\displaystyle\!\sum_{n\geq n_1\geq\cdots\geq n_{|{\bf p}|_{r+1}+|{\bf m}|_r+r-1}\geq1} \displaystyle\!\frac{\left(\displaystyle\!\frac{y}{x+y}\right)^{\displaystyle\!\sum_{j=1}^r\left(n_{|{\bf p}|_j+|{\bf m}|_{j-1}+j-1}-n_{|{\bf p}|_j+|{\bf m}|_j+j}\right)}}{n_1\cdots n_{|{\bf p}|_{r+1}+|{\bf m}|_r+r-1}}\\ &\qquad\times\left(1-\left(\displaystyle\!\frac{y}{x+y}\right)^{n_{|{\bf p}|_{r+1}+|{\bf m}|_r+r-1}}\right). \end{aligned}

This conjecture would extend the paper's Mneimneh-type identities from the proved cases to the stated general parameters; its resolution is not established in the supplied text.

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Ende Pan and Ce Xu, “Mneimneh-type Binomial Sums of Multiple Harmonic-type Sums”, arXiv:2403.17952 (2024).

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