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In mathematics, Spence's function, or dilogarithm, denoted as Li2(''z''), is a particular case of the polylogarithm. Two related special functions are referred to as Spence's function, the dilogarithm itself: :: and its reflection. For an infinite series also applies (the integral definition constitutes its analytical extension to the complex plane): :: Alternatively, the dilogarithm function is sometimes defined as :: In hyperbolic geometry the dilogarithm occurs as the hyperbolic volume of an ideal simplex whose ideal vertices have cross ratio . Lobachevsky's function and Clausen's function are closely related functions. William Spence, after whom the function was named by early writers in the field, was a Scottish mathematician working in the early nineteenth century.〔http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Spence.html〕 He was at school with John Galt,〔http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?BioId=37522〕 who later wrote a biographical essay on Spence. ==Identities== :〔Zagier〕 : :〔 :〔 :〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Spence's function」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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