We use the Arakawa-Berndt theory of generalized eta-functions to prove a conjecture of Lal`in, Rodrigue and Rogers concerning the algebraic nature of special values of the secant zeta functions.
In this paper we present some new identities for multiple polylogarithms (abbr. MPLs) and multiple harmonic star sums (abbr. MHSSs) by using the methods of iterated integral computations of logarithm functions. Then, by applying these formulas obtain
ed, we establish some explicit relations between Kaneko-Yamamoto type multiple zeta values (abbr. K-Y MZVs), multiple zeta values (abbr. MZVs) and MPLs. Further, we find some explicit relations between MZVs and multiple zeta star values (abbr. MZSVs). Furthermore, we define an Ap{e}ry-type variant of MZSVs $zeta^star_B({bf k})$ (called multiple zeta $B$-star values, abbr. MZBSVs) which involve MHSSs and central binomial coefficients, and establish some explicit connections among MZVs, alternating MZVs and MZBSVs by using the method of iterated integrals. Finally, some interesting consequences and illustrative examples are presented.
In this paper, we study some Euler-Apery-type series which involve central binomial coefficients and (generalized) harmonic numbers. In particular, we establish elegant explicit formulas of some series by iterated integrals and alternating multiple z
eta values. Based on these formulas, we further show that some other series are reducible to ln(2), zeta values, and alternating multiple zeta values by considering the contour integrals related to gamma functions, polygamma functions and trigonometric functions. The evaluations of a large number of special Euler-Apery-type series are presented as examples.
In this paper we show that in perturbative string theory the genus-one contribution to formal 2-point amplitudes can be related to the genus-zero contribution to 4-point amplitudes. This is achieved by studying special linear combinations of multiple
zeta values that appear as coefficients of the amplitudes. We also exploit our results to relate closed strings to open strings at genus one using Browns single-valued projection, proving a conjecture of Broedel, Schlotterer and the second author.
In a recent paper, A. Libgober showed that the multiplicative sequence {Q_i(c_1,...,c_i)} of Chern classes corresponding to the power series Q(z)=1/Gamma(1+z) appears in a relation between the Chern classes of certain Calabi-Yau manifolds and the per
iods of their mirrors. We show that the polynomials Q_i can be expressed in terms of multiple zeta values.
We define generalised zeta functions associated to indefinite quadratic forms of signature (g-1,1) -- and more generally, to complex symmetric matrices whose imaginary part has signature (g-1,1) -- and we investigate their properties. These indefinit
e zeta functions are defined as Mellin transforms of indefinite theta functions in the sense of Zwegers, which are in turn generalised to the Siegel modular setting. We prove an analytic continuation and functional equation for indefinite zeta functions. We also show that indefinite zeta functions in dimension 2 specialise to differences of ray class zeta functions of real quadratic fields, whose leading Taylor coefficients at s=0 are predicted to be logarithms of algebraic units by the Stark conjectures.