[math-fun] Fwd: http://mathworld.wolfram.com/EllipticAlphaFunction.html α(17) is missing.

Numerically, I get 1/2 (Sqrt[17] - Sqrt[-662 - 162 Sqrt[17] + 8 Sqrt[14072 + 3413 Sqrt[17]]]) Is it possible α(rational) always comes out in radicals? —rwg