Zagier's dimension conjecture for multiple zeta values

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Let ζ(s1,,sr)\zeta(s_1,\ldots,s_r) be a multiple zeta value with s1>1s_1>1 and s2,,sr1s_2,\ldots,s_r\ge1, and let its weight be s1++srs_1+\cdots+s_r. For k1k\ge1, define

Zk:=spanQ{ζ(s1,,sr):r1, s1>1, s2,,sr1, s1++sr=k}\mathcal Z_k:=\operatorname{span}_{\mathbb Q}\{\zeta(s_1,\ldots,s_r):r\ge1,\ s_1>1,\ s_2,\ldots,s_r\ge1,\ s_1+\cdots+s_r=k\}

and dk:=dimZkd_k:=\dim\mathcal Z_k. Zagier's dimension conjecture. One has d1=0d_1=0, d2=d3=1d_2=d_3=1, and

dk=dk3+dk2,k4.d_k=d_{k-3}+d_{k-2},\qquad k\ge4.

This predicts the dimensions of the weight-graded pieces of the space of multiple zeta values. In particular, the conjectural numbers dkd_k count the independent generators in each weight, and there are no linear relations between elements of different weights; the source presents this as a conjectural description supported by numerical checks.

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Primary source

Vincel Hoang Ngoc Minh, “On the Algebraic Bases of Polyzetas”, arXiv:2510.13295 (2026).

Additional references

24 papers in this index state this conjecture (1998–2025). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:2505.07221, arXiv:2406.13630, arXiv:2402.11539, arXiv:2301.05906, arXiv:2205.07165, arXiv:2205.09929, arXiv:2111.00051, arXiv:1708.07464, arXiv:1611.01921, arXiv:1611.08693, arXiv:1510.06519, arXiv:1412.5099, and 11 more.

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