Three-dimensional independence conjecture for low-depth multiple zeta values

Define the multiple zeta values by

ζ(s1,,sp)=k1>>kp11k1s1kpsp,\zeta(s_1,\ldots,s_p)=\sum_{k_1>\cdots>k_p\geq 1}\frac{1}{k_1^{s_1}\cdots k_p^{s_p}},

for s12s_1\geq 2 and s2,,sp1s_2,\ldots,s_p\geq 1. Low-depth independence conjecture. Among the numbers 11, ζ(2)\zeta(2), ζ(3)\zeta(3), and ζ(2,3)ζ(3,2)\zeta(2,3)-\zeta(3,2), at least three are linearly independent over Q\mathbb{Q}. The source calls this a weaker but very difficult conjecture; it notes that even the independence of 11, ζ(2)\zeta(2), and ζ(3)\zeta(3) is open, although Apéry proved the irrationality of ζ(3)\zeta(3).

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Primary source

Stéphane Fischler, “Multiple series connected to Hoffman's conjecture on multiple zeta values”, arXiv:math/0609799 (2007).

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