Yamamoto's interpolation of finite multiple zeta and zeta-star values (Q831870)

The authors in the paper under review introduce the notion of the interpolated finite multiple zeta values and study their algebraic relations. There are two types of finite multiple zeta(-star) values introduced by Kaneko and Zagier. For a sequence \(\mathbf{k}=(k_1,\ldots,k_r)\) of positive integers, the \(\mathcal{A}\)-multiple zeta vales and the \(\mathcal{A}\)-multiple zeta-star values are defined respectively by \begin{align*} &\zeta_{\mathcal{A}}(\mathbf{k})=\left(\sum\limits_{1\leq m_1<\cdots<m_r<p}\frac{1}{m_1^{k_1}\cdots m_r^{k_r}}\mod p\right)_p\in\mathcal{A}=\Pi_p\mathbb{F}_p/\oplus_p\mathbb{F}_p,\\ &\zeta^{\star}_{\mathcal{A}}(\mathbf{k})=\left(\sum\limits_{1\leq m_1\leq\cdots\leq m_r<p}\frac{1}{m_1^{k_1}\cdots m_r^{k_r}}\mod p\right)_p\in\mathcal{A}. \end{align*} And the \(\mathcal{S}\)-multiple zeta values and the \(\mathcal{S}\)-multiple zeta-star values are defined respectively by \begin{align*} &\zeta_{\mathcal{S}}(\mathbf{k})=\sum\limits_{i=0}^r(-1)^{k_{i+1}+\cdots+k_r}\zeta(k_1,\ldots,k_i)\zeta(k_r,\ldots,k_{i+1}) \mod \zeta(2)\in\mathcal{Z}/\zeta(2)\mathcal{Z},\\ &\zeta^{\star}_{\mathcal{S}}(\mathbf{k})=\sum\limits_{\Box \text{ is either a comma `,' or a plus `+' }}\zeta_{\mathcal{S}}(k_1\Box\cdots\Box k_r)\in\mathcal{Z}/\zeta(2)\mathcal{Z}, \end{align*} where \(\zeta(k_1,\ldots,k_r)\) are the (regularized) multiple zeta values and \(\mathcal{Z}\) is the \(\mathbb{Q}\)-subspace of \(\mathbb{R}\) spanned by all multiple zeta values. Let \(t\) be a variable. The authors in this paper define the interpolated finite multiple zeta values by \[\zeta^t_{\mathcal{F}}(\mathbf{k})=\sum\limits_{\Box\text{ is either a comma `,' or a plus `+' } }\zeta_{\mathcal{F}}(k_1\Box\cdots\Box k_r)t^{(\text{the number of the\,}+\text{'s})},\] where \(\mathcal{F}=\mathcal{A}\) or \(\mathcal{S}\). As \(\zeta^0_{\mathcal{F}}=\zeta_{\mathcal{F}}\) and \(\zeta^1_{\mathcal{F}}=\zeta^{\star}_{\mathcal{F}}\), \(\zeta^t_{\mathcal{F}}\) is an interpolation polynomial of the finite multiple zeta values and the finite multiple zeta-star values. Several algebraic relations of the interpolated finite multiple zeta values are given in this paper, which include the cyclic sum formula, the Bowman-Bradley type formula, and the weighted sum formula. Furthermore, the harmonic relation, the shuffle relation, the duality relation, and the derivation relation are also introduced.