Shuffle products for multiple zeta values and partial fraction decompositions of zeta-functions of root systems (Q636781)

The shuffle product is defined on a certain set of polynomials over \(\mathbb Q\) in two non-commutative indeterminates making this set a commutative algebra and providing an algebraic interpretation to some relations for multiple zeta values (MZVs); see \textit{M. E. Hoffman} and \textit{Y. Ohno} [J. Algebra 262, No. 2, 332--347 (2003; Zbl 1139.11322)]. The authors give a new interpretation of the shuffle product expressing it in terms of the zeta values of root systems. This leads to a new proof of the double shuffle relations [\textit{K. Ihara, M. Kaneko} and \textit{D. Zagier}, Compos. Math. 142, No. 2, 307--338 (2006; Zbl 1186.11053)] avoiding the use of Drinfeld's integral expressions for MZVs. Some functional relations for zeta functions of root systems (involving the shuffle products) are also given.