n1=1n2=1nk=1(1)n1+n2++nkHn1+n2++nkn1n2n3nk\displaystyle \sum_{n_1=1}^\infty \sum_{n_2=1}^\infty \cdots \sum_{n_k=1}^\infty (-1)^{n_1+n_2+\cdots+n_k}\dfrac{H_{n_1+n_2+\cdots+n_k}}{n_1 n_2 n_3 \cdots n_k}

n1=1n2=1nk=1(1)n1+n2++nkHn1+n2++nkn1n2n3nk=(1)kn=1k(kn)(log2)kn[(1)nn!ζ(n+1)+2(1)n1r=0n(nr)r!(log2)nrLin+1(12)]\displaystyle \begin{aligned} &\sum_{n_1=1}^\infty \sum_{n_2=1}^\infty \cdots \sum_{n_k=1}^\infty (-1)^{n_1+n_2+\cdots+n_k}\dfrac{H_{n_1+n_2+\cdots+n_k}}{n_1 n_2 n_3 \cdots n_k} \\ &= (-1)^{k} \sum_{n=1}^{k} \binom{k}{n} (\log 2)^{k-n} \left[(-1)^n n! \zeta(n+1)+2(-1)^{n-1}\sum_{r=0}^n \binom{n}{r}r! (\log 2)^{n-r} {\rm Li}_{n+1}\left(\dfrac12\right) \right]\end{aligned}

The above is the claim which is proved here after in this note.

Proof:

First note that,

Hn=011xn1x  dx\displaystyle H_n=\int_0^1 \dfrac{1-x^n}{1-x}\; dx

Substituting this into our sum SS we have,

S=01n1,n2,,nk=1(1)n1+n2++nkn1n2nkn1,n2,,nk=1(1)n1+n2++nkxn1+n2++nkn1n2nk1x  dx=(1)k01logk2logk(1+x)1x  dx=(1)k1/21logk2logk(2x)1x  dx=(1)kn=1k(kn)(log2)kn1/21lognx1x  dx\displaystyle \begin{aligned} S&= \int_0^1 \dfrac{\sum_{n_1,n_2,\cdots,n_k=1}^\infty \dfrac{(-1)^{n_1+n_2+\cdots+n_k}}{n_1 n_2\cdots n_k}-\sum_{n_1,n_2,\cdots,n_k=1}^\infty \dfrac{(-1)^{n_1+n_2+\cdots+n_k}x^{n_1+n_2+\cdots+n_k}}{n_1 n_2\cdots n_k}}{1-x}\; dx \\ &= (-1)^k \int_0^1 \dfrac{\log^k 2-\log^k (1+x)}{1-x}\; dx \\ &= (-1)^k \int_{1/2}^1 \dfrac{\log^k 2-\log^k (2x)}{1-x}\; dx \\ &= (-1)^{k} \sum_{n=1}^{k} \binom{k}{n} (\log 2)^{k-n} \int_{1/2}^1 \dfrac{\log^n x}{1-x}\; dx \end{aligned}

Now it remains to calculate ,

1/21lognx1x  dx\displaystyle \int_{1/2}^1 \frac{\log^n x}{1-x}\; dx

To find this we evaluate a preliminary integral,

1/21xm  dx=1m+12m1+m1/21xmlognx  dx=dndmn[1m+12m1+m]1/21xmlognx  dx=(1)nn!(m+1)n+1+2m(1)n1r=0n(nr)(log2)nrr!(m+1)r+1\displaystyle \begin{aligned} & \int_{1/2}^1 x^m \; dx = \dfrac{1}{m+1}-\dfrac{2^{-m}}{1+m} \\ & \int_{1/2}^1 x^m \log^n x \; dx = \dfrac{d^n}{dm^n}\left[\dfrac{1}{m+1}-\dfrac{2^{-m}}{1+m}\right] \\ & \int_{1/2}^1 x^m \log^n x \; dx = \dfrac{(-1)^n n!}{(m+1)^{n+1}}+2^{-m}(-1)^{n-1} \sum_{r=0}^n \binom{n}{r}\dfrac{(\log 2)^{n-r}r!}{(m+1)^{r+1}}\end{aligned}

Now coming back to the main integral,

1/21lognx1x  dx=m=01/21xmlognx  dx=m=0[(1)nn!(m+1)n+1+2m(1)n1r=0n(nr)(log2)nrr!(m+1)r+1]=(1)nn!ζ(n+1)+2(1)n1r=0n(nr)r!(log2)nrLin+1(12)\displaystyle \begin{aligned} \int_{1/2}^1 \frac{\log^n x}{1-x}\; dx &= \sum_{m=0}^\infty \int_{1/2}^1 x^m \log^n x \; dx \\ &= \sum_{m=0}^\infty \left[ \dfrac{(-1)^n n!}{(m+1)^{n+1}}+2^{-m}(-1)^{n-1} \sum_{r=0}^n \binom{n}{r}\dfrac{(\log 2)^{n-r}r!}{(m+1)^{r+1}}\right] \\ &= (-1)^n n! \zeta(n+1)+2(-1)^{n-1}\sum_{r=0}^n \binom{n}{r}r! (\log 2)^{n-r} {\rm Li}_{n+1}\left(\dfrac12\right) \end{aligned}

Putting this back,

S=(1)kn=1k(kn)(log2)kn[(1)nn!ζ(n+1)+2(1)n1r=0n(nr)r!(log2)nrLin+1(12)]\displaystyle S = (-1)^{k} \sum_{n=1}^{k} \binom{k}{n} (\log 2)^{k-n} \left[(-1)^n n! \zeta(n+1)+2(-1)^{n-1}\sum_{r=0}^n \binom{n}{r}r! (\log 2)^{n-r} {\rm Li}_{n+1}\left(\dfrac12\right) \right]

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Steven Jim - 3 years, 11 months ago

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Same reaction here buddy:) I need to improve my calculus skills

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He is so good at calculus that once his name was I guess published at the american mathematics daily becoz he sent a solution to a research level problm

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