Approximations to -, di- and tri-logarithms

Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics

Volumn 202, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 450-459

  Zudilin, Wadim ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Algorithm of creative telescoping; Ap ry's approximations; Dilogarithm; Hypergeometric series; Polynomial recursion; Trilogarithm; Zeta value

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; POLYNOMIALS;

ALGORITHM OF CREATIVE TELESCOPING; APÉRY'S APPROXIMATIONS; DILOGARITHM; HYPERGEOMETRIC SERIES; POLYNOMIAL RECURSION; TRILOGARITHM; ZETA VALUE;

APPROXIMATION THEORY;

EID: 33847049038     PISSN: 03770427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cam.2005.04.076     Document Type: Article

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