Multiple zeta values and iterated Eisenstein integrals

Abstract

Brown showed that the affine ring of the motivic path torsor $\pi_1^{\text{mot}}(\mathbb{P}^1 \backslash \left\{0,1,\infty\right\}, \vec{1}_0, -\vec{1}_1)$, whose periods are multiple zeta values, generates the Tannakian category $\mathsf{MT}(\mathbb{Z})$ of mixed Tate motives over $\mathbb{Z}$. Brown also introduced multiple modular values, which are periods of the relative completion of the fundamental group of the moduli stack $\mathcal{M}_{1,1}$ of elliptic curves. We prove that all motivic multiple zeta values may be expressed as $\mathbb{Q}[2 \pi i]$-linear combinations of motivic iterated Eisenstein integrals along elements of $\pi_1 (\mathcal{M}_{1,1}) \cong SL_2(\mathbb{Z})$, which are examples of motivic multiple modular values. This provides a new modular generator for $\mathsf{MT}(\mathbb{Z})$. We also explain how the coefficients in this linear combination may be partially determined using the motivic coaction.