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 $\widetilde{\pi}$ 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 $\bar{k}$.