a -analog of eulers decomposition formula for the double zeta function：分解的欧拉公式的模拟双ζ函数.pdfVIP

A q-ANALOG OF EULER’S DECOMPOSITION FORMULA FOR THE DOUBLE ZETA FUNCTION DAVID M. BRADLEY Received 25 February 2005 and in revised form 16 September 2005 The double zeta function was first studied by Euler in response to a letter from Goldbach in 1742. One of Euler’s results for this function is a decomposition formula, which ex- presses the product of two values of the Riemann zeta function as a finite sum of double zeta values involving binomial coefficients. Here, we establish a q-analog of Euler’s de- composition formula. More specifically, we show that Euler’s decomposition formula ca