Connectors of the Ohno relation for parametrized multiple series (Q2152824)

The connector method, developed by \textit{S.-i. Seki} and \textit{S. Yamamoto} [Int. J. Number Theory 15, No. 6, 1261--1265 (2019; Zbl 1443.11183)], gave some alternative ``dynamic'' proof of several results in the study of multiple zeta functions. In general, the connector method gives a relatively easy proof, but it maybe hard to find a suitable connected sum with the connector or the connecting relation. In this paper, the authors give an alternative dynamic proof of the Ohno relation for parameterized multiple series, originally shown by \textit{M. Igarashi} [J. Number Theory 132, No. 4, 565--578 (2012; Zbl 1269.11079)]. To provide a dynamic proof, the authors introduce new connectors \[ \frac{\Gamma(\alpha)}{\Gamma(\alpha-x)}\frac{(\alpha)_{m_r}}{m_r!}\frac{(\alpha)_{n_s}}{n_s!}\frac{\Gamma(m_r+\alpha-x+1)\Gamma(n_s+\alpha-x+1)}{\Gamma(m_r+n_s+2\alpha-x+1)} \] and \[ \frac{\Gamma(m_r+\alpha-x+1)\Gamma(n_s+\alpha-x+1)}{\Gamma(m_r+n_s+2\alpha-x+1)}, \] where \((\alpha)_m\) is the rising factorial defined by \((\alpha)_m=\alpha(\alpha+1)\cdots(\alpha+m-1)\) if \(m\) is a positive integer and \((\alpha)_0=1\). They also propose that there might be another factor \(F_{(m_1,\ldots,m_r)}(\alpha)\) satisfying the duality relation if we consider the series \[ \sum_{0\le m_1<\cdots<m_r}F_{(m_1,\ldots,m_r)}(\alpha)\prod_{i=1}^r\frac{1}{(m_i+\alpha)^{k_i}}. \] Indeed, they show that when \[ F_{(m_1,\ldots,m_r)}(\alpha)=\frac{(\alpha)_{m_1}}{m_1!}\frac{m_r!}{(\alpha)_{m_r}},\text{ or }\frac{\Gamma(m_r+\alpha+1)}{\Gamma(m_r+2\alpha)}, \] the duality relation holds. We note that the former one is the parameterized multiple series.