Integrals of polylogarithmic functions, recurrence relations, and associated Euler sums

This paper gives some results for the logarithm of the Riemann zeta-function and its iterated integrals. We obtain a certain explicit approximation formula for these functions. The formula has some applications, which are related with the value distribution of these functions and a relation between prime numbers and the distribution of zeros in short intervals.

We define a new class of generating function transformations related to polylogarithm functions, Dirichlet series, and Euler sums. These transformations are given by an infinite sum over the $j^{th}$ derivatives of a sequence generating function and sets of generalized coefficients satisfying a non-triangular recurrence relation in two variables. The generalized transformation coefficients share a number of analogous properties with the Stirling numbers of the second kind and...

In this paper we present a new family of identities for Euler sums and integrals of polylogarithms by using the methods of generating function and integral representations of series. Then we apply it to obtain the closed forms of all quadratic Euler sums of weight equal to ten. Furthermore, we also establish some relations between multiple zeta (star) values and nonlinear Euler sums. As applications of these relations, we give new closed form representations of several cubic ...

In this short paper, we derive an integral representation for Euler sums of hyperharmonic numbers. We use results established by other authors to then show that the integral has a closed-form in terms of zeta values and Stirling numbers of the first kind. Specifically, the integral has the form of $$\int_0^\infty \frac{t^{m-1}\ln(1-e^{-t})}{(1-e^{-t})^r} \ dt$$ where $m, r \in \mathbb{N}$, $m > r$ and $r\ge1$.

Recently, Maesaka, Watanabe, and the third author discovered a phenomenon where the iterated integral expressions of multiple zeta values become discretized. In this paper, we extend their result to the case of multiple polylogarithms and provide two proofs. The first proof uses the method of connected sums, while the second employs induction based on the difference equations that discrete multiple polylogarithms satisfy. We also investigate several applications of our main r...

We introduce a class of iterated integrals, defined through a set of linearly independent integration kernels on elliptic curves. As a direct generalisation of multiple polylogarithms, we construct our set of integration kernels ensuring that they have at most simple poles, implying that the iterated integrals have at most logarithmic singularities. We study the properties of our iterated integrals and their relationship to the multiple elliptic polylogarithms from the mathem...

In this paper we define the generalized q-analogues of Euler sums and present a new family of identities for q-analogues of Euler sums by using the method of Jackson q-integral rep- resentations of series. We then apply it to obtain a family of identities relating quadratic Euler sums to linear sums and q-polylogarithms. Furthermore, we also use certain stuffle products to evaluate several q-series with q-harmonic numbers. Some interesting new results and illustrative example...

It is known that multiple zeta values can be written in terms of certain iterated log-sine integrals. Conversely, we evaluate iterated log-sine integrals in terms of multiple polylogarithms and multiple zeta values in this paper. We also suggest some conjectures on multiple zeta values, multiple Clausen values, multiple Glaisher values and iterated log-sine integrals.

This is a contribution to the proceedings of the 2016 "Loops and legs" conference, based on the talk by HF. The talk was based on the paper "On the reduction of Generalized Polylogarithms to $\text{Li}_n$ and $\text{Li}_{2,2}$ and on the reduction thereof" by the three authors, published in March 2016 in JHEP.

In this study, we provide a new closed form for the integral $$\int_0^1 \frac{\mathrm{Li}_2(z) \ln(1+z)}{z}\, \mathrm{d}z.$$ We further extend this result by generalizing the integral to the form $$\int_0^1 \frac{\mathrm{Li}_2(z) \ln(1+az)}{z}\, \mathrm{d}z,$$ where $a \in \mathbb{C} \setminus(-\infty, -1)$ and $\mathrm{Li}_2(z)$ is the dilogarithm function. This extension is achieved by leveraging our newly established findings in conjunction with V\u{a}lean's results. Furth...