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The Lerch $\Phi$ Analytic Continuation

Number Theory 2024-11-05 v9

Abstract

We demonstrate how to extend formulae for the Lerch transcendent function, Φ(ez,k,b)\Phi(e^z,k,b), and the polylogarithm, Lik(ez)\mathrm{Li}_{k}(e^{z}), that only hold at the positive integers to the right half of the complex kk-plane, that is, (k)>0\Re{(k)}>0. The same is done for the partial sums of each of these functions.

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@article{arxiv.2101.06835,
  title  = {The Lerch $\Phi$ Analytic Continuation},
  author = {Jose Risomar Sousa},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2101.06835},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

Formulae were fixed due to multi-valued functions, which can't be simplified. Notation and writing were improved, and some inaccurate statements were rectified

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