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PolyLog






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Zeta Functions and Polylogarithms > PolyLog[2,z] > Series representations > Generalized power series > Expansions at z==1 > For the function itself





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Input Form





PolyLog[2, z] == Subscript[F, Infinity][z] /; Subscript[F, m][z] == Pi^2/6 - Sum[(1 - z)^k/k^2, {k, 1, m}] + Log[1 - z] Sum[(1 - z)^k/k, {k, 1, m}] == Pi^2/6 + (1 - z)^(1 + m) LerchPhi[1 - z, 2, 1 + m] - Log[1 - z] (Beta[1 - z, 1 + m, 0] + Log[z]) - PolyLog[2, 1 - z] && Element[m, Integers] && m > 0










Standard Form





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MathML Form







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Rule Form





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