Talk:Sum of Reciprocals of Squares Alternating in Sign

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In my opinion it would make more sense to have the title as "Sum of Reciprocals of Squares Alternating in Sign" instead, then we can have a generalisation for arbitrary exponents in the denominator, under the current title. I feel that the relations between the polylogarithm (I'm not sure if we even have a definition page for this) and the $\zeta$ function is worth a mention at some point whether on this article or elsewhere. This series for example is equal to $\ds \frac 1 2 \map \zeta 2 = -\map {\Li_2} {-1} = -\int_1^2 \frac {\ln t} {1 - t} \rd t$. (this relationship is why $\zeta$ crops up so much in integrals) Caliburn (talk) 10:45, 4 March 2018 (EST)

Good call. I misnamed it. --prime mover (talk) 15:12, 4 March 2018 (EST)
Never heard of "polylogarithm", at least, not under that name. There's lots of big gaps in this site. --prime mover (talk) 15:16, 4 March 2018 (EST)