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Describing all multivariable functional equations of dilogarithms

Number Theory 2020-07-23 v1 K-Theory and Homology

Abstract

We prove quite general statements about functional equations in any number of variables for the dilogarithms defined by Bloch-Wigner, Rogers, and Coleman, showing that they follow from certain 5-term and 2-term relations in a precise way. Unlike many other references, we use arbitrary coefficients, do not ignore any torsion, and get sharp results. For the Bloch-Wigner dilogarithm, we also consider complex conjugation, and for Coleman's p-adic dilogarithm we show independence of the branch.

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@article{arxiv.2007.11014,
  title  = {Describing all multivariable functional equations of dilogarithms},
  author = {Rob de Jeu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2007.11014},
  year   = {2020}
}

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