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variants of this functions
PolyLog




Mathematica Notation

Traditional Notation









Zeta Functions and Polylogarithms > PolyLog[nu,z] > Representations through more general functions > Through hypergeometric functions of two variables





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Input Form





PolyLog[n, z] == (z/2) HypergeometricPFQ[ {{}, {Subscript[a, 1], \[Ellipsis], Subscript[a, n]}, {1, 1}}, {{3}, {Subscript[a, 1] + 1, \[Ellipsis], Subscript[a, n - 2] + 1}, {}}, z, 1] /; Element[n, Integers] && Subscript[a, k] == 1 && 1 <= k <= n








Standard Form





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MathML Form







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Rule Form





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2001-10-29