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variants of this functions
PolyLog






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Traditional Notation









Zeta Functions and Polylogarithms > PolyLog[nu,z] > Series representations > Generalized power series > Expansions at z==1 > For the function itself > General case





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Input Form





PolyLog[\[Nu], z] == Gamma[1 - \[Nu]] (-(z - 1))^(\[Nu] - 1) Sum[((-1)^k (z - 1)^k)/(k + 1), {k, 0, Infinity}]^(\[Nu] - 1) + Zeta[\[Nu]] + Sum[Sum[(StirlingS1[k, j] Zeta[\[Nu] - j])/k!, {j, 1, k}] (z - 1)^k, {k, 1, Infinity}] /; !(Element[\[Nu], Integers] && \[Nu] > 0)










Standard Form





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MathML Form







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Rule Form





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