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Zeta




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Traditional Notation









Zeta Functions and Polylogarithms > Zeta[s,a] > Specific values > Specialized values > For fixed a > For zeta(s,a)





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Input Form





Zeta[n, a] == ((-1)^n/(n - 1)!) PolyGamma[n - 1, a] UnitStep[n - 1] - (UnitStep[-n]/(1 - n)) BernoulliB[1 - n, a] + Sum[((k + a)^2)^(-n/2) - (k + a)^(-n), {k, 0, Floor[-Re[a]]}] /; Element[n, Integers] && n != 1








Standard Form





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MathML Form







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Rule Form





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