Algebraic independence of the Carlitz period and the positive characteristic multizeta values at n and (n,n)

Abstract

Let $k$ be the rational function field over the finite field of $q$ elements and $\bar{k}$ its fixed algebraic closure. In this paper, we study algebraic relations over $\bar{k}$ among the fundamental period $\tilde{\pi }$ of the Carlitz module and the positive characteristic multizeta values $\zeta (n)$ and $\zeta (n,n)$ for an "odd" integer $n$, where we say that $n$ is "odd" if $q-1$ does not divide $n$. We prove that either they are algebraically independent over $\bar{k}$ or satisfy some simple relation over $k$. We also prove that if $2n$ is "odd" then they are algebraically independent over $\bar{k}$.

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• Linear independence of monomials of multizeta values in positive characteristic