On an algebraic version of the Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov equation

DOI10.1007/S11139-012-9397-3zbMATH Open1260.11054arXiv1009.5659OpenAlexW2104935752MaRDI QIDQ693020FDOQ693020

Authors: Sheldon T. Joyner 

Publication date: 7 December 2012

Published in: The Ramanujan Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A difference equation analogue of the Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov equation is exhibited by developing a theory of the generating function $H(z)$ of Hurwitz polyzeta functions to parallel that of the polylogarithms. By emulating the role of the KZ equation as a connection on a suitable bundle, a difference equation version of the notion of connection is developed for which $H(z)$ is a flat section. Solving a family of difference equations satisfied by the Hurwitz polyzetas leads to the normalized multiple Bernoulli polynomials (NMBPs) as the counterpart to the Hurwitz polyzeta functions, at tuples of negative integers. A generating function for these polynomials satisfies a similar difference equation to that of $H(z)$, but in contrast to the fact that said polynomials have rational coefficients, the algebraic independence of the Hurwitz polyzeta functions is proven. The values of the NMBPs at $z=1$ provide a regularization of the multiple zeta values at tuples of negative integers, which is shown to agree with the regularization given in work of S. Akiyama and collaborators. Various elementary properties of these values are proven.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1009.5659

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zbMATH Keywords

connectionsdifference operatorsKnizhnik-Zamolodchikov equationsHurwitz polyzeta functionsmultiple Bernoulli polynomialsregularization of multiple zeta values

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Bernoulli and Euler numbers and polynomials (11B68) Multiple Dirichlet series and zeta functions and multizeta values (11M32) Difference operators (39A70)

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