Partitions, multiple zeta values and the \(q\)-bracket (Q6181217): Difference between revisions

Multiple zeta values are defined for \(r \geq 1\) and \(k_1\geq 2\), \(k_2,\ldots,k_r\geq 1\) by \[ \zeta(k_1,\ldots,k_r):=\sum_{m_1>\ldots>m_r>0}\frac{1}{m_1^{k_1}\cdots m_r^{k_r}}. \] Multiple zeta values are real numbers appearing in various areas of mathematics and theoretical physics. For these numbers, there exist various different \(q\)-analogue models, which are \(q\)-series degenerating to multiple zeta values as \(q \to 1\). For most of these \(q\)-analogues, there exist counterparts for the double shuffle relations, and their algebraic setups are well-understood. In this paper, the authors generalize this setup even further. They show that there is a natural analogue of the double shuffle relations on all functions on partitions and then introduce a class of functions that they call \textit{partition analogues of multiple zeta values}. These functions can be seen as the counterpart of \(q\)-analogues of multiple zeta values after applying the so-called \(q\)-bracket, introduced by \textit{S. Bloch} and \textit{A. Okounkov} [Adv. Math. 149, No. 1, 1--60 (2000; Zbl 0978.17016)]. The space of partition analogues of multiple zeta values contains various classical types of functions on partitions, such as the shifted symmetric functions, which then, by using the results in this work, provide new tools to obtain relations among (\(q\)-analogues of) multiple zeta values.