Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society

Author(s): Erik Koelink; Walter Van Assche
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 137 (2009), 1663-1676.
MSC (2000): Primary 33B30, 33E30
Posted: December 12, 2008
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Abstract: We study a

-logarithm which was introduced by Euler and give some of its properties. This

-logarithm has not received much attention in the recent literature. We derive basic properties, some of which were already given by Euler in a 1751 paper and in a 1734 letter to Daniel Bernoulli. The corresponding

-analogue of the dilogarithm is introduced. The relation to the values at

and

of a

-analogue of the zeta function is given. We briefly describe some other

-logarithms that have appeared in the recent literature.

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Erik Koelink
Affiliation: IMAPP, FNWI, Radboud Universiteit, Toernooiveld 1, 6525 ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Email: e.koelink@math.ru.nl

Walter Van Assche
Affiliation: Departement Wiskunde, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200B, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
Email: walter@wis.kuleuven.be

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-08-09374-X
PII: S 0002-9939(08)09374-X
Received by editor(s): March 6, 2007
Posted: December 12, 2008
Additional Notes: The second author was supported by research grant OT/04/21 of Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, research project G.0455.04 of FWO-Vlaanderen, and INTAS research network 03-51-6637
Dedicated: On the 300th anniversary of Euler's birth
Communicated by: Peter A. Clarkson
Copyright of article: Copyright 2008, American Mathematical Society

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