Contour Integrations and Parity Results of Cyclotomic Euler Sums and Multiple Polylogarithm Function

Abstract: In this paper, we define extended trigonometric functions via series and employ the method of contour integration to investigate the parity of certain cyclotomic Euler sums and multiple polylogarithm function. We can provide the statement of parity results for cyclotomic Euler sums of arbitrary order, explicit formulas for the parity of cyclotomic linear and quadratic Euler sums, as well as some formulas for the parity of cyclotomic cubic Euler sums and multiple polylogarithms. As a direct corollary, we derive known formulas concerning the parity of classical Euler sums and alternating Euler sums.