A generating function for sums of multiple zeta values and its applications
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Abstract:
A generating function for specified sums of multiple zeta values is defined and a differential equation that characterizes this function is given. As applications, some relations for multiple zeta values over the field of rational numbers are discussed.References
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Additional Information
- Takashi Aoki
- Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Kinki University, Higashi-Osaka, Osaka 577-8502, Japan
- Email: aoki@math.kindai.ac.jp
- Yasuhiro Kombu
- Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Kinki University, Higashi-Osaka, Osaka 577-8502, Japan
- Email: kombu@math.kindai.ac.jp
- Yasuo Ohno
- Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Kinki University, Higashi-Osaka, Osaka 577-8502, Japan
- Email: ohno@math.kindai.ac.jp
- Received by editor(s): August 2, 2006
- Published electronically: November 1, 2007
- Additional Notes: The first author was supported in part by JSPS Grant-in-Aid No. 18540197.
The third author was supported in part by JSPS Grant-in-Aid No. 18540197 and No. 18740020. - Communicated by: Jonathan M. Borwein
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American Mathematical Society
The copyright for this article reverts to public domain 28 years after publication. - Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 136 (2008), 387-395
- MSC (2000): Primary 11M06, 40B05; Secondary 33C05
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-07-09175-7
- MathSciNet review: 2358475