Ohno-type relation for interpolated multiple zeta values (Q2162809)

The multiple zeta values (MZVs) and the multiple zeta-star values (MZSVs) are defined by the multiple infinite sums \[ \begin{gathered} \zeta\left(k_{1}, \ldots, k_{r}\right)=\sum_{1 \leq n_{1}<\cdots<n_{r}} \frac{1}{n_{1}^{k_{1} \cdots n_{r}^{k_{r}}}}, \\ \zeta^{*}\left(k_{1}, \ldots, k_{r}\right)=\sum_{1 \leq n_{1} \leq \cdots \leq n_{r}} \frac{1}{n_{1}^{k_{1} \cdots n_{r}^{k_{r}}}}, \end{gathered} \] respectively. Writing an admissible index \(k\) as \[ \boldsymbol{k}=\left(\{1\}^{a_{1}-1}, b_{1}+1, \ldots,\{1\}^{a_{s}-1}, b_{s}+1\right) \quad\left(a_{p}, b_{q} \geq 1\right), \] one defined the dual index of \(k\) as \[ \boldsymbol{k}^{\dagger}=\left(\{1\}^{b_{s}-1}, a_{s}+1, \ldots,\{1\}^{b_{1}-1}, a_{1}+1\right). \] Then one of Ohno's well-known results states that \[ \sum_{\substack{w t(e)=m \\ \operatorname{dep}(\boldsymbol{e})=\operatorname{dep}(\boldsymbol{k})}} \zeta(\boldsymbol{k} \oplus \boldsymbol{e})=\sum_{\substack{\operatorname{wt}(\boldsymbol{e})=m \\ \operatorname{dep}(\boldsymbol{e})=\operatorname{dep}\left(\boldsymbol{k}^{\dagger}\right)}} \zeta\left(\left(\boldsymbol{k}^{\dagger} \oplus \boldsymbol{e}\right)^{\dagger}\right). \] In this paper, the authors prove an Ohno-type relation for the so-called interpolated multiple zeta values (defined by S. Yamamoto). Latter is defined as \[ \zeta^t(\boldsymbol{k}):=\sum_{\substack{\text {\(\square\) is either a comma `,' } \\ \text { or a plus `+' }}} t^{(\text {the number of `+') }} \zeta\left(k_1 \square k_2 \square \cdots \square k_r\right) \in \mathbb{R}[t]. \]