Lectures on dilogarithm function

overview

dilogarithm function
Bloch-Wigner dilogarithm function
Bloch group
values of the Dedekind zeta function at s=2
volumes of hyperbolic 3-manifolds

dilogarithm fuction

Define

\[\operatorname{Li}_ 2(z)= \sum_{n=1}^\infty {z^n \over n^2},\, |z|<1\]

extend domain

\[\operatorname{Li}_ 2(z) = -\int_0^z{{\log (1-t)}\over t} dt,\, z\in \mathbb C\backslash [1,\infty) \]

functional equations

reflection properties

\[\mbox{Li}_ 2(z)+\mbox{Li}_ 2(1/z)= -\frac{\pi^2}{6}-\frac{1}{2}\log^2(-z)\] \[\mbox{Li}_ 2(z)+\mbox{Li}_ 2(1-z)= \frac{\pi^2}{6}-\log(z)\log(1-z)\]

proof

Differentiate \[\mbox{Li}_ 2(z)+\mbox{Li}_ 2(1/z)+\frac{1}{2}\log^2(-z),\] $$ -\frac{\log (1-z)}{z}+\frac{\log \left(1-\frac{1}{z}\right)}{z}+\frac{\log (-z)}{z}=0 $$ is constant.

When $z=-1$, \[\mbox{Li}_ 2(z)+\mbox{Li}_ 2(1/z)+\frac{1}{2}\log^2(-z) = 2\mbox{Li}_ 2(-1)\]

When $z=1$; \[2\mbox{Li}_ 2(1)+\frac{1}{2}\log^2(-1) = 2\mbox{Li}_ 2(-1)\] \[\frac{\pi^2}{3}-\frac{1}{2}\pi^2 = 2\mbox{Li}_ 2(-1)\]

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five-term relation

\[\mbox{Li}_ 2(x)+\mbox{Li}_ 2(y)+\mbox{Li}_ 2 \left( \frac{1-x}{1-xy} \right)+\mbox{Li}_ 2(1-xy)+\mbox{Li}_ 2 \left( \frac{1-y}{1-xy} \right)=\frac{\pi^2}{2}-\log(x)\log(1-x)-\log(y)\log(1-y)+\log (\frac{1-x}{1-xy})\log (\frac{1-y}{1-xy})\]

proof

Define the Rogers dilogarithm : \[L(x): =\operatorname{Li}_ 2(x)+\frac{1}{2}\log x\log (1-x)=-\frac{1}{2}\int_{0}^{x}\left(\frac{\log(1-y)}{y}+\frac{\log(y)}{1-y}\right)dy,\, x\in (0,1)\]

$0\leq x,y\leq 1$

\[L(x)+L(1-xy)+L(y)+L\left(\frac{1-y}{1-xy}\right)+L\left(\frac{1-x}{1-xy} \right)=\frac{\pi^2}{2}\]

$dL(y)=\frac{1}{2}[\log(y)d\log (1-y)-\log(1-y)d\log (y)]$

remark

recurrence relation

\[1-x_{i}=x_{i-1}x_{i+1},\, x_0=x,\, x_2=y\]

5-periodic solution

\[x_0=x, x_1=1-xy, x_2=y, x_3=\frac{1-y}{1-xy}, x_4=\frac{1-x}{1-xy}\]

remark

we believe(?) all functional equations are coming from the five-term relation

special values

$\mbox{Li}_{2}(0)=0$

$\mbox{Li}_{2}(1)=\frac{\pi^2}{6}$

$\mbox{Li}_{2}(-1)=-\frac{\pi^2}{12}$

$\mbox{Li}_{2}(\frac{1}{2})=\frac{\pi^2}{12}-\frac{1}{2}\log^2(2)$

$\mbox{Li}_{2}(\frac{3-\sqrt{5}}{2})=\frac{\pi^2}{15}-\log^2(\frac{1+\sqrt{5}}{2})$

$\mbox{Li}_{2}(\frac{-1+\sqrt{5}}{2})=\frac{\pi^2}{10}-\log^2(\frac{1+\sqrt{5}}{2})$

$\mbox{Li}_{2}(\frac{1-\sqrt{5}}{2})=-\frac{\pi^2}{15}+\frac{1}{2}\log^2(\frac{1+\sqrt{5}}{2})$

$\mbox{Li}_{2}(\frac{-1-\sqrt{5}}{2})=-\frac{\pi^2}{10}+\frac{1}{2}\log^2(\frac{1+\sqrt{5}}{2})$

Bloch-Wigner dilogarithm

Let us define a variant of the dilogarithm function : the Bloch-Wigner dilogarithm function. It is given by

$$D(z)=\text{Im}(\operatorname{Li}_2(z))+\log|z|\arg(1-z).$$

It is a real analytic function on $\mathbb{C}$ except at 0 and 1, where it is continuous but not differentiable.
Since $D(\bar{z})=-D(z)$, it vanishes on $\mathbb{R}$.
It satisfies the following functional equations :

\begin{equation}\label{functid1} D(x)+D(1-xy)+D(y)+D(\frac{1-y}{1-xy})+D(\frac{1-x}{1-xy})=0, \end{equation} \begin{equation}\label{functid2} D(x)+D(1-x) =D(x)+D(\frac{1}{x})=0. \end{equation}

Bloch group

Zagier's 59p
$\Lambda^2({\mathbb{F}^{\times}})$ the set of all formal linear combinations $x\wedge y$, $x,y\in\mathbb{F^{\times}}$ subject to relations
- $a\wedge b=-b \wedge a$
- $(x_1x_2)\wedge y=x_1\wedge y+x_2\wedge y$
$\mathbb{Z}[\mathbb{F}]$
- integer linear combination of elements $[x]$ for $x\in \mathbb{Z}[\mathbb{F}]$
- i.e. abelian group of formal sums $[x_1]+[x_2]+\cdots+[x_n]$, $x_1,x_2,\cdots,x_n\in \mathbb{F}\backslash\{0,1\}$
$\partial : \mathbb{Z}[\mathbb{F}]\to \Lambda^2({\mathbb{F}^{\times}})$
- $[x]\to x\wedge (1-x)$
Let $A(\mathbb{F})=\operatorname{ker}\partial$ and $C(\mathbb{F})$ subgroup of $A(\mathbb{F})=\operatorname{ker}\partial$ generated by

\[[x]+[1-xy]+[y]+[\frac{1-y}{1-xy}]+[\frac{1-x}{1-xy}]\]

The Bloch group is defined to be

\[B(\mathbb{F})=A(\mathbb{F})/C(\mathbb{F})\]

we call the following homomorphism the Bloch complex

$$ \partial :B(\mathbb{F}) \to \Lambda^2({\mathbb{F}^{\times}}) $$

$[x]+[1-x]$ is in $B(\mathbb{F})$?
Q. is $[x]+[\frac{1}{x}]$ in $B(\mathbb{F})$?

examples of elements of a Bloch group

$[\frac{1}{9}]-6[\frac{1}{3}]$$L(\frac{1}{3^2})-6L(\frac{1}{3})+2L(1)=0$
refer to dilogarithm 항등식

Bloch-Suslin

$B(\mathbb{F})\simeq K_3^{\operatorname{ind}}(\mathbb{F})$ ??
$0\to \tilde{\mu_{F}}\to K_3^{\operatorname{ind}}(\mathbb{F}) \to B(\mathbb{F})\to 0$ where $0\to \mathbb{Z}/\mathbb{Z}_2 \to \tilde{\mu_{F}} \to \mu_{F}\to 0$ where \mu_{F} is the unit group of F
K^{ind} is a quotient of Milnor K3 by something else

algebraic K-theory

$F$ : number field
$K_0(F) = \mathbb{Z}$
$K_1(F) = F^{\times}$
$K_2(F) = F^{\times}\otimes F^{\times}/\langle x\otimes (1-x) \rangle$
$K_0(\mathcal{O}_F) = \mathbb{Z}\oplus Cl_F$
$K_1(\mathcal{O}_F) = (\mathcal{O}_F)^{\times}$
$K_2(\mathcal{O}_F)$ : finite group
$K_3(\mathcal{O}_F)$ is isomorphic to the Bloch group by Bloch-Suslin

Borel's regulator

Let $F$ be a number field with $[F:\mathbb{Q}]=r_1+2r_2$
Borel constructed a map

$$ K_{2i-1}(F) \to \mathbb{R}^{d_{i}} $$ where $d_i = r_2$ or $r_1+r_2$ depending on the parity of $i$

this can be used to show
- $\operatorname{rank} K_3 =r_2$
- $\operatorname{rank} K_5=r_1+r_2$
- $\operatorname{rank} K_7=r_2$
let $\mathcal{O}_{F}$ be the ring of integers of $F$
for any field L of characteristic zero, $K_{i}(\mathcal{O}_{F})\otimes_{\Z}L$ is naturally isomorphic to $K_{i}(F)\otimes_{\Z}L$ for $i>1$
http://www.ams.org/mathscinet-getitem?mr=1354171
https://books.google.nl/books?id=ru7BywKC1d4C&pg=PA475&lpg=PA475&dq=Values+of+zeta-functions+at+integers,+cohomology+and+polylogarithms&source=bl&ots=BznObLSgR-&sig=X9LeM98z4cxje_axpCZjeUaY66U&hl=en&sa=X&ei=5rCMU-bqNMLwPInpgLgH&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Values%20of%20zeta-functions%20at%20integers%2C%20cohomology%20and%20polylogarithms&f=false

regulator in algebraic K-theory

The Bloch-Wigner dilogarithm $D(z)$ can be used to define a map from $\mathcal{B}(\mathbb{C})$ to $\mathbb{R}$.
For $\xi=\sum_{i} n_i[x_i] \in \mathcal{B}(\mathbb{C})$, let $D(\xi)=\sum_{i} n_i D(x_i)$.
By (\ref{functid1}) and (\ref{functid2}), it is well-defined.
Let $F$ be a number field of degree $r_1+2r_2$ over $\mathbb{Q}$ where $r_1$ denotes the number of real embeddings and $r_2$ the number of complex non-real embeddings up to conjugation.
For an embedding $\sigma : F\hookrightarrow \mathbb{C}$ and $\xi \in \mathcal{B}(F)$, we may consider $D\left(\sigma(\xi)\right)$.
If $D\left(\sigma(\xi)\right)=0$ for all such embeddings $\sigma$, then $\xi \in \mathcal{B}(F)$ is a torsion element in $\mathcal{B}(F)$.

Dedekind zeta

데데킨트 제타함수에 대해서 다음과 같은 함수방정식이 성립

\[\xi_{K}(s)=\left|d_K\right|{}^{s/2} 2^{r_2 (1-s)} \pi ^{\frac{1}{2} \left(-r_1-2 r_2\right) s}\Gamma \left(\frac{s}{2}\right)^{r_1} \Gamma (s)^{r_2}\zeta _K(s)\]\[\xi_{K}(s) = \xi_{K}(1 - s)\]

at $s=-n, n=1,2\cdots$, $\zeta_K(s)$ has zero of order $r_2$ or $r_1+r_2$ if $n$ is even or odd, respectively

$$ 2^{(m+1) r_2} \pi^{-\frac{1}{2} m \left(-r_1-2 r_2\right)}\zeta_K(-m) \Gamma (-m)^{r_2}\Gamma(-\frac{m}{2} )^{r_1} \left| d_K\right| {}^{-\frac{m}{2}}\\ =2^{-m r_2} \pi ^{\frac{1}{2} (m+1) \left(-r_1-2 r_2\right)} \zeta _K(m+1)\Gamma(\frac{m+1}{2})^{r_1}\Gamma (m+1)^{r_2} \left| d_K\right| {}^{\frac{m+1}{2}} $$

this implies

$$ \pi^{-d_m} \lim_{s\to -m}\frac{\zeta_K(-m)}{(s+m)^{d_m}} \sim_{\mathbb{Q}^{\times}}\pi ^{-(m+1)(r_1+2 r_2)} \zeta _K(m+1)\left| d_K\right| {}^{\frac{1}{2}} $$ where $d_1 =d_3=\dots = r_2$ or $d_2=d_4=\dots =r_1+r_2$

디리클레 유수 공식

$s=1$ 에서의 유수(residue)는 디리클레 유수 (class number) 공식으로 주어진다

\[ \lim_{s\to 1} (s-1)\zeta_K(s)=\frac{2^{r_1}\cdot(2\pi)^{r_2}\cdot h_K\cdot R_K}{w_K \cdot \sqrt{|d_K|}}\]

$s=0$ 에서 order 가 $r_1+r_2-1$ 인 zero를 가지며 다음이 성립한다\[ \lim_{s\to 0}\frac{\zeta_K(s)}{s^{r_1+r_2-1}}=-\frac{h_K R_K}{w_K}\]

Zagier, Bloch, Suslin

$[K : \mathbb{Q}] = r_1 + 2r_2$일 때,

\[ \frac{|d_{K}|^{1/2}}{\pi^{2(r_1 + r_2)}} \zeta_{K}(2) \sim_{\mathbb{Q^{\times}}} \det\left(D(\sigma_i(\xi_j))\right)_{1\leq i,j\leq r_2} \] 여기서 $\xi_i,(i=1,\cdots, r_2)$ 는 Bloch group $B(K)\otimes \mathbb{Q}$의 $\mathbb{Q}$-basis D는 블로흐-비그너 다이로그(Bloch-Wigner dilogarithm) 함수이며, $a\sim_{\mathbb{Q^{\times}}} b$ 는 $a/b\in\mathbb{Q}$ 를 의미함

hyperbolic 3-manifold

집합 $\{0,1,\infty,y,xy\}$ 에서 4개의 원소를 뽑아 얻어지는 교차비(cross ratio)

background

다른게 아니라 저랑 강원대 강순이 박사님이랑 최근에 Zagier 교수님 쓰신 dilogarithm 논문에 관심이 생겼는데 quantum dilogarithm을 포함해서 자기에 교수님 논문 내용을 강연해줄 수 있는지 부탁드리고자 편지드려요.
Bloc 그룹도 강의해줄 수 있으면 더 좋지만, 아니면 남 추측 관련해서 공부했던 내용이라도 강의해주면 많은 도움이 될 것 같아요.
자기에 교수님 dilogarithm 논문을 읽는데, 부끄럽지만 무슨 말인지 전혀 모르겠더라고요.
q가 나오는 부분과 점근식 부분은 그래도 알겠는데, 나머지 부분들은 능력 밖이라 도움 받을 수 있나해서 여쭤본 겁니다.
그러니까 Bloc 그룹도 이 논문에 나오는 정도 이해할 수 있으면 저는 만족이에요.
quantum dilogarithm 쪽으로 무언가 더 해볼 여지가 있는지 궁금해서 우선 자기에 교수님 논문부터 시작해보려고 했었는데, 시작부터 어렵네요