Deriving Dilogarithm Identities from the Ratio of Arctangent Integrals
Classical Analysis and ODEs
2026-05-06 v2
Abstract
Building on results by Abouzahra and Lewin, McIntosh, and Kirilov we derive new functional dilogarithm equations and consequent diologarithim ladders. By showing that the ratio of a pair of sextic and cubic integrals equals a rational constant, we construct new 3- and 6-term functional equations, from which we derive an analytic proof of an identity by Loxton-Lewin, as well as a pair of quartic-base dilogarithm ladders, also believed to be new, building on Loxton's result. Finally, we prove conjectured 2-term dilogarithm identities of Bytsko, and extend his result for the Bloch-Wigner function using the above methods.
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@article{arxiv.2604.24588,
title = {Deriving Dilogarithm Identities from the Ratio of Arctangent Integrals},
author = {Cetin Hakimoglu-Brown},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.24588},
year = {2026}
}
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15 pages