On the refined Kaneko-Zagier conjecture for general integer indices

Abstract

The refined Kaneko-Zagier conjecture claims that the algebras spanned by two kinds of "completed" finite multiple zeta values, called $\hat{A}$- and $\hat{S}$-MZVs, are isomorphic. Recently, Komori defined $\hat{S}$-MZVs of general integer (i.e., not necessarily positive) indices, extending the existing definition for positive indices. In view of the refined Kaneko-Zagier conjecture, Komori's work suggests that these extended values are closely connected to $\hat{A}$-MZVs of general indices, which can be defined in an obvious way. In this paper, we show that the generalization of the refined Kaneko-Zagier conjecture for general integer indices is actually deduced from the conjecture for positive indices. The key ingredient is an inductive formula for $\hat{A}$-MZVs or $\hat{S}$-MZVs of indices which contain at least one non-positive entry.