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Evaluating Generating Functions for Periodic Multiple Polylogarithms

Number Theory 2020-12-08 v1

Abstract

The goal of the paper is to give a systematic way to numerically evaluate the generating function of a periodic multiple polylogarithm using a Chen-Fliess series with a rational generating series. The idea is to realize the corresponding Chen-Fliess series as a bilinear dynamical system. A standard form for such a realization is given. The method is also generalized to the case where the multiple polylogarithm has non-periodic components. This allows one, for instance, to numerically validate the Hoffman conjecture. Finally, a setting in terms of dendriform algebras is provided.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1603.05948,
  title  = {Evaluating Generating Functions for Periodic Multiple Polylogarithms},
  author = {Kurusch Ebrahimi-Fard and W. Steven Gray and Dominique Manchon},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1603.05948},
  year   = {2020}
}
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