Calculate: \int_0^\infty\frac{\ln^2(x)}{(1-x^2)^2}dx

osula9a

osula9a

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2022-01-02

Calculate:
0ln2(x)(1x2)2dx

Answer & Explanation

Stella Calderon

Stella Calderon

Beginner2022-01-03Added 35 answers

You're definetly on the right track with that substitution of x=1t
Basically we have:
I=0ln2(x)(1x2)2dx=0x2ln2x(1x2)2dx
Now what if we add them up?
2I=0ln2x1+x2(1x2)2dx
If you don't know how to deal easily with the integral
1+x2(1x2)2dx=x1x2+C
Anyway we have, integrating by parts:
2I=x1x2ln2x0=0+20lnxx21dx=π24
2I=2π24I=π24
Fasaniu

Fasaniu

Beginner2022-01-04Added 46 answers

This is a variant of TheSimpliFires
Vasquez

Vasquez

Expert2022-01-09Added 669 answers

Here is yet another slight variation on a theme.
Let
I=0ln2x(1x2)2dx
then
I=01ln2x(1x2)2dx+1ln2x(1x2)2dx
=01(1+x2)ln2x(1x2)2dx (1)
after a substitution of 1/xZ has been enforced in the second of the integrals.
As
11x2=n=0x2n, |x|<1
differentiating with respect to x gives
1(1x2)2=n=1nx2n2
On substituting the above series expansion in (1), after interchanging the order of the summation with the integration we have
I=n=1n01(x2n2+x2n)ln2xdx
Integrating be parts twice, we are left with
I=n=1(2n(2n1)3+2n(2n+1)3)
As the series is absolutely convergent, terms can be rearranged without changing its sum. Doing so we have
I=n=1[1(2n1)2+1(2n1)3+1(2n+1)21(2n+1)3]=n=1[1(2n1)2+1(2n1)3]+n=1[1(2n+1)21(2n+1)3]=n=1[1(2n+1)2+1(2n+1)3]+n=1[1(2n+1)21(2n+1)3]=2+2n=11(2n+1)2=2n=01(2n+1)2=2[n=11n2n=11(2n)2]=2(114)n=11n2=32n=11n2=32π26=π24
as expected.

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