A generalization of the polylogarithm function defined by

The function reduces to the usual polylogarithm for the case

The Nielsen generalized polylogarithm is implemented as PolyLog[n, p, z].

RELATED WOLFRAM SITES: http://functions.wolfram.com/ZetaFunctionsandPolylogarithms/PolyLog3/

Kölbig, K. S. "Nielsen's Generalized Polylogarithms." SIAM J. Math. Anal. 17, 1232-1258, 1986.

Wolfram, S. The Mathematica Book, 5th ed. Champaign, IL: Wolfram Media, pp. 772-773, 2003.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Nielsen Generalized Polylogarithm." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. http://mathworld.wolfram.com/NielsenGeneralizedPolylogarithm.html