Iterated Period Integrals and Multiple Hecke L-functions

Abstract

In this paper we express the multiple Hecke L-function in terms of a linear combination of iterated period integrals associated with elliptic cusp forms, which is introduced by Manin around 2004. This expression generalizes the classical formula of Hecke L-function obtained by the Mellin transformation of a cusp form. Also the expression gives a way of the analytic continuation of the multiple Hecke L-function.