Polylogarithm series remainder bound

ID: polylogarithm-series-remainder-bound

For , and integer , truncating the defining polylogarithm power series after terms has remainder
The inequality uses monotonicity of and then the geometric series. The bound applies to negative real as well as positive real , and gives a rigorous absolute truncation tolerance independently of cancellation. It does not bound floating-point rounding error.

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