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PolyLog






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Zeta Functions and Polylogarithms > PolyLog[nu,z] > Representations through equivalent functions > With related functions





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PolyLog[\[Nu], z] == (2 Pi)^(\[Nu] - 1) I Gamma[1 - \[Nu]] (Zeta[1 - \[Nu], (Log[-z] + Pi I)/(2 Pi I)]/E^((Pi I \[Nu])/2) - E^((Pi I \[Nu])/2) Zeta[1 - \[Nu], 1 - (Log[-z] + Pi I)/(2 Pi I)]) /; !IntervalMemberQ[Interval[{0, 1}], z]










Standard Form





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MathML Form







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Rule Form





Cell[BoxData[RowBox[List[RowBox[List["HoldPattern", "[", RowBox[List["PolyLog", "[", RowBox[List["\[Nu]_", ",", "z_"]], "]"]], "]"]], "\[RuleDelayed]", RowBox[List[RowBox[List[SuperscriptBox[RowBox[List["(", RowBox[List["2", " ", "\[Pi]"]], ")"]], RowBox[List["\[Nu]", "-", "1"]]], " ", "\[ImaginaryI]", " ", RowBox[List["Gamma", "[", RowBox[List["1", "-", "\[Nu]"]], "]"]], " ", RowBox[List["(", RowBox[List[RowBox[List[SuperscriptBox["\[ExponentialE]", RowBox[List[RowBox[List["-", FractionBox["1", "2"]]], " ", RowBox[List["(", RowBox[List["\[Pi]", " ", "\[ImaginaryI]", " ", "\[Nu]"]], ")"]]]]], " ", RowBox[List["Zeta", "[", RowBox[List[RowBox[List["1", "-", "\[Nu]"]], ",", FractionBox[RowBox[List[RowBox[List["Log", "[", RowBox[List["-", "z"]], "]"]], "+", RowBox[List["\[Pi]", " ", "\[ImaginaryI]"]]]], RowBox[List["2", " ", "\[Pi]", " ", "\[ImaginaryI]"]]]]], "]"]]]], "-", RowBox[List[SuperscriptBox["\[ExponentialE]", FractionBox[RowBox[List["\[Pi]", " ", "\[ImaginaryI]", " ", "\[Nu]"]], "2"]], " ", RowBox[List["Zeta", "[", RowBox[List[RowBox[List["1", "-", "\[Nu]"]], ",", RowBox[List["1", "-", FractionBox[RowBox[List[RowBox[List["Log", "[", RowBox[List["-", "z"]], "]"]], "+", RowBox[List["\[Pi]", " ", "\[ImaginaryI]"]]]], RowBox[List["2", " ", "\[Pi]", " ", "\[ImaginaryI]"]]]]]]], "]"]]]]]], ")"]]]], "/;", RowBox[List["!", RowBox[List["IntervalMemberQ", "[", RowBox[List[RowBox[List["Interval", "[", RowBox[List["{", RowBox[List["0", ",", "1"]], "}"]], "]"]], ",", "z"]], "]"]]]]]]]]]]










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2007-05-02