Generalized Arakawa-Kaneko zeta functions

Abstract

Let $p,x$ be real numbers, and $s$ be a complex number, with $\Re(s)>1-r$, $p\geq 1$, and $x+1>0$. The zeta function $Z^{\bf\alpha}_p(s;x)$ is defined by $$ Z^{\bf\alpha}_p(s;x) =\frac{1}{\Gamma(s)}\int^\infty_0 \frac{e^{-xt}} {e^t-1}\,Li_{\bf{\alpha}}\left(\frac{1-e^{-t}}p\right) t^{s-1}\,dt, $$ where ${\bf\alpha}=(\alpha_1,\ldots,\alpha_r)$ is a $r$-tuple positive integers, and $Li_{\bf{\alpha}}(z)$ is the one-variable multiple polylogarithms. Since $Z^{\bf\alpha}_1(s;0)=\xi(\bf\alpha;s)$, we call this function as a generalized Arakawa-Kaneko zeta function. In this paper, we investigate the properties and values of $Z^{\bf\alpha}_p(s;x)$ with different values $s$, $x$, and $p$. We then give some applications on them.