Ihara–Kaneko–Zagier conjecture on algebraic relations among multiple zeta values

Let Z\mathcal{Z} be the algebra of multiple zeta values, and let QX\mathbb{Q}\langle X\rangle and QY\mathbb{Q}\langle Y\rangle be the non-commutative free algebras on X={x0,x1}X=\{x_0,x_1\} and Y={y1,y2,}Y=\{y_1,y_2,\ldots\}, respectively, equipped with the shuffle product \shuffle\shuffle and stuffle product \ast. The extended maps to Z\mathcal{Z} send x0x_0 and x1x_1 to 00, and y1y_1 to 00.

Ihara–Kaneko–Zagier conjecture. All algebraic relations in the algebra Z\mathcal{Z} are obtained from the comparison of the extended maps

(QX,\shuffle)Z(\mathbb{Q}\langle X\rangle,\shuffle)\to\mathcal{Z}

and

(QY,)Z(\mathbb{Q}\langle Y\rangle,\ast)\to\mathcal{Z}

via the regularization map from the cited theorem.

This is a central open problem concerning whether shuffle and stuffle relations, together with regularization, generate all algebraic relations among multiple zeta values.

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Annika Burmester and Khalef Yaddaden, “A stabilizer interpretation of the (extended) linearized double shuffle Lie algebra”, arXiv:2603.05038 (2026).

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