Nielsen

Description

Nielsen[i,j, x] denotes Nielsen's polylogarithm.

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See also: SimplifyPolyLog.

Examples
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Numerical evaluation is done via N[Nielsen[n_,p_,x_]] := (-1)^(n+p-1)/(n-1)!/p! NIntegrate[Log[1-x t]^p Log[t]^(n-1)/t,{t,0,1}];

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Some special values are built in.

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