Hoffman's conjecture for symmetric triple series

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Let A=3A=3 and let n0n\geq 0 be an integer. Define

K1=k1+5n2+2,K2=k2+3n2+1,K3=k3+n2.K_1=k_1+\frac{5n}{2}+2,\qquad K_2=k_2+\frac{3n}{2}+1,\qquad K_3=k_3+\frac{n}{2}.

For a polynomial P(K1,K2,K3)P(K_1,K_2,K_3) in any of the four families specified in Theorem

ofthesource,withthestatedparityconditionsonitsnonnegativeexponents,considertheseriesof the source, with the stated parity conditions on its non-negative exponents, consider the series

\sum_{k_1\geq k_2\geq k_3\geq 1}\frac{P(K_1,K_2,K_3)}{(k_1+2n+2){n+1}^{A}(k_2+n+1){n+1}^{A}(k_3)_{n+1}^{A}}.

Hoffmanssymmetricseriesconjecture.Wheneverthisseriesisconvergent,Theorem**Hoffman's symmetric-series conjecture.** Whenever this series is convergent, Theorem

holds: it is a rational linear combination of multiple zeta values of depth at most 33, with neither ζ(2,2)\zeta(2,2) nor ζ(2,2,2)\zeta(2,2,2) appearing; and, if the additional condition (8)(8) holds, it is a rational linear combination of the explicitly listed values 11, ζ(2)\zeta(2), ζ(3)\zeta(3), ζ(2,3)\zeta(2,3), ζ(3,2)\zeta(3,2), ζ(3,3)\zeta(3,3), ζ(2,2,3)\zeta(2,2,3), ζ(2,3,2)\zeta(2,3,2), ζ(2,3,3)\zeta(2,3,3), ζ(3,2,2)\zeta(3,2,2), ζ(3,2,3)\zeta(3,2,3), ζ(3,3,2)\zeta(3,3,2), and ζ(3,3,3)\zeta(3,3,3). The source says this was checked computationally for n2n\leq 2 and leaves the general case open; in particular, the open problem is to prove that ζ(2,2)\zeta(2,2) does not appear.

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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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