The duality theorem and sum formula
[8] are undoubtedly the crucial relations among multiple zeta values. They can be expressed as
ζ({1}p,q+2)=ζ({1}q,p+2) and
respectively, where
p and
q are nonnegative integers,
n is a positive integer greater than or equal to
r , and
{1}k is
k repetitions of 1.
In this paper, we shall prove a family of identities among restricted sums
This can be regarded as a generalization of the duality theorem and sum formula. The case of
r=0 just gives the duality theorem. On the other hand, the special case when
p=m and
q=0 corresponds to the identity
which is equivalent to the sum formula via the duality
ζ({1}m+r,2)=ζ(m+r+2). Moreover, we also provide a vector version of such identities.