Intersection of duality and derivation relations for multiple zeta values

Abstract

The duality relation is a basic family of linear relations for multiple zeta values. The extended double shuffle relation (EDSR) is one of the families of relations expected to generate all linear relations among multiple zeta values, but it remains unclear as to whether all duality relations can be deduced from the EDSR. In the present paper, regarding the family generated by the duality relation and the family generated by the derivation relation, an explicit characterization of their intersection is obtained. Here, the derivation relation is a specialization of the EDSR.