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We prove a conjecture of Broadhurst on asymptotic expansions of certain polylogarithm type functions related to the Dickman function.
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The author was supported in part by NSF grant DMS-0500711.
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Soundararajan, K. An asymptotic expansion related to the Dickman function. Ramanujan J 29, 25–30 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11139-011-9304-3
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