Special values of multiple polylogarithms

Transactions of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 353, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 907-941

  Borwein, Jonathan M ^a   Bradley, David M ^b   Broadhurst, David J ^c   Lisoněk, Petr ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Euler sums; Knot theory; Multiple harmonic series; Multiple zeta values, polylogarithms; Quantum field theory; Riemann zeta function; Zagier sums

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646860621     PISSN: 00029947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/s0002-9947-00-02616-7     Document Type: Article

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