Multiple zeta star values on 3-2-1 indices (Q2111892)

The multiple zeta value (MZV) and the multiple zeta star value (MZSV) are defined by \[ \zeta(s_1,\ldots,s_r)=\sum_{k_1>\ldots>k_r\geq1}\frac{1}{k_1^{s_1}\ldots k_r^{s_r}}, \] \[ \zeta^*(s_1,\dots,s_r)=\sum_{k_1\geq\ldots>k_r\geq1}\frac{1}{k_1^{s_1}\ldots k_r^{s_r}}, \] for any multi-index \(s = (s_1,\ldots,s_r) \in\mathbb{N}^r \) with \(s_1 > 1\). In the paper under review, the authors provide another way to explicitly evaluate the values of \( \zeta^* (\lbrace3, 1\rbrace^d )\) which is self-contained and does not use corresponding results on multiple zeta values. It is based on generating functions for multiple zeta star values from their previous paper [J. Théor. Nombres Bordx. 31, No. 2, 343--360 (2019; Zbl 1454.11164)] and generating functions for restricted sums of alternating Euler sums. As consequence, they give explicit evaluations of \(\zeta^*\left(\lbrace \lbrace 2\rbrace^m, 3, \lbrace 2 \rbrace^m, 1 \rbrace^d\right)\) and \(\zeta^*\left(\lbrace \lbrace 2\rbrace^m, 3, \lbrace 2 \rbrace^m, 1 \rbrace^d, \lbrace 2 \rbrace^{m+1} \right)\) which did not appear before in the literature.