Abstract
New identities are proved for the dilogarithm function connected with the Lie algebras of the series An and with classical Lie algebras of rank ⩽4.
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Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov Leningradskogo Otdeleniya Matematicheskogo Instituta im. V. A. Steklova AN SSSR, Vol. 164, pp. 121–133 1987.
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Kirillov, A.N. Identities for the Rogers dilogarithm function connected with simple Lie algebras. J Math Sci 47, 2450–2459 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01840426
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01840426