Remarks on linear independence of <Emphasis Type="Italic">q</Emphasis>-harmonic series

For any rational integer q, |q|?>?1, the linear independence over \( \mathbb{Q} \) of the numbers 1, ζ _q (1), and ζ _?q (1) is proved; here \( {\zeta_q}(1) = \sum\limits_{n = 1}^\infty {\frac{1}{{{q^n} - 1}}} \) is the so-called q-harmonic series or the q-zeta-value at the point 1. Besides this, a measure of linear independence of these numbers is established.