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variants of this functions
PolyLog






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Traditional Notation









Zeta Functions and Polylogarithms > PolyLog[nu,z] > Identities > Recurrence identities > General cases > Involving several polylogarithms





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Input Form





PolyLog[n, z] == PolyLog[n, 1] + Sum[((-1)^(k - 1)/k!) PolyLog[n - k, z] Log[z]^k, {k, 1, n - 2}] + ((-1)^(n - 1)/(n - 2)!) Integrate[(Log[t]^(n - 2) Log[1 - t])/t, {t, 1, z}] /; Element[n - 1, Integers] && n - 1 > 0










Standard Form





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MathML Form







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Rule Form





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