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variants of this functions
PolyLog






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Traditional Notation









Zeta Functions and Polylogarithms > PolyLog[2,z] > Transformations > Multiple arguments





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Input Form





PolyLog[2, z w] == PolyLog[2, w] + PolyLog[2, z] - PolyLog[2, (w (1 - z))/(1 - w z)] - PolyLog[2, (z (1 - w))/(1 - w z)] - Log[(1 - z)/(1 - w z)] Log[(1 - w)/(1 - w z)] /; (Abs[z] < 1 && Abs[w] < 1) || z w < 1 || (z > 1 && w > 1)










Standard Form





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MathML Form







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Rule Form





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