Borwein–Girgensohn parity conjecture for multiple zeta values

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Let r\textgreater1r\textgreater 1 and let \slk=(k1,,kr)(Z>0)r{\boldsymbol{\sl{k}}}=(k_1,\ldots,k_r)\in(\mathbb{Z}_{>0})^r with kr>1k_r>1. The Borwein–Girgensohn parity conjecture. The multiple zeta value ζ(k1,,kr)\zeta(k_1,\ldots,k_r) can be expressed in terms of multiple zeta values of lower depth when its depth rr and weight k1++krk_1+\cdots+k_r have different parity. This is a parity result for classical multiple zeta values; the conjecture concerns reducing values of mismatched weight and depth parity to lower-depth values.

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Jia Li and Ce Xu, “Residue Theorem, Regularization and Parity Theorem”, arXiv:2601.05024 (2026).

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