What would be involved in modifying Maxima to support numerical calculation of
polylogarithm function li[s](z) for values of s besides s=2 and s=3? I've been
using some code in C for that purpose (the ANANT package of Linas Vepstas, GPL)
but would like to make my application calculation code (which uses polylogs)
readily modifiable by others in our project group who are not comfortable with
C, and also to utilize some of the visualization features of Maxima (plotting).
I'm new to Maxima, but an experienced C programmer. Not LISP. Can I help with
getting polylog numerical calculations li[s](z) for general complex s
implemented into Maxima?
Ken Roberts
krobe8 at gmail.com
April 21, 2012