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We give expressions for all generalized polylogarithms up to weight four in terms of the functions log, Li n , and Li2,2, valid for arbitrary complex variables. Furthermore we provide algorithms for manipulation and numerical evaluation of Li n and Li2,2, and add codes in Mathematica and C++ implementing the results. With these results we calculate a number of previously unknown integrals, which we add in appendix C.
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Frellesvig, H., Tommasini, D. & Wever, C. On the reduction of generalized polylogarithms to Li n and Li2,2 and on the evaluation thereof. J. High Energ. Phys. 2016, 189 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP03(2016)189
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