Evaluations of a class of double 𝐿-values

Terhune, David

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-05-08261-4

Evaluations of a class of double $L$-values
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Abstract:

An analytic proof of an evaluation theorem for the “convolution"-type double $L$-values of non-principal characters is given. Along the way, Dirichlet character analogues of generalized single and double polylogarithms are defined. The monodromies of these functions play a pivotal role.

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