Computation and structure of character polylogarithms with applications to character Mordell–Tornheim–Witten sums

Bailey, D.; Borwein, J.

doi:10.1090/mcom/2974

Computation and structure of character polylogarithms with applications to character Mordell–Tornheim–Witten sums
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by D. H. Bailey and J. M. Borwein;

Math. Comp. 85 (2016), 295-324

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/mcom/2974

Published electronically: June 3, 2015

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Abstract:

This paper extends tools developed to study character polylogarithms. These objects are used to compute Mordell–Tornheim–Witten character sums and to explore their connections with multiple-zeta values (MZVs) and with their character analogues.

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