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Abel's Functional Equation

Let $\mathop{\rm Li}\nolimits _2(x)$ denote the Dilogarithm, defined by

\begin{displaymath}
\mathop{\rm Li}\nolimits _2(x)=\sum_{n=1}^\infty {x^n\over n^2},
\end{displaymath}

then


\begin{displaymath}
\mathop{\rm Li}\nolimits _2(x)+\mathop{\rm Li}\nolimits _2(y...
...eft({y(1-x)\over 1-xy}\right)=3\mathop{\rm Li}\nolimits _2(1).
\end{displaymath}

See also Dilogarithm, Polylogarithm, Riemann Zeta Function




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1999-05-25