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It seems that I have got a different answer:
Let f(z)=∫0πln(a±zcosx)dx , Where we seek f(b) and we have f(0)=πlna
f′(z)=∫0π(a±zcosx)±cosxdx
=∫0π(a±zcosx)za±cosx−zadx=∫0πzdx−za∫0πa±zcosxdx
=zπ−za∫0πa±zcosxdx
Now working on the integral alone:
∫0πa±zcosxdx=2∫02πa±zcos2xdx(x→2x)
=2∫02πa±zcos2x∓zsin2xdx
=2∫02πasec2x±z∓ztan2xsec2xdx=2∫0∞a(1+x2)±z∓zx2dx(tanx→x)
=2∫0∞(a∓z)x2+a±zdx=a±z2∫0∞a±z(a∓z)x2+1dx
a±z2a±z(a∓z)1∫0∞1+x2dx(a±z(a∓z)x→x)
Simplifying and using (a±z)(a∓z)=a2−z2 , we get:
∫0πa±zcosxdx=a2−z2π
Now going back:
f′(z)=zπ−za∫0πa±zcosxdx=zπ−zaa2−z2π
Now integrating back:
f(b)=f(b)−f(0)+f(0)=∫0bf′(z)dz+πlna=∫0bzπdz−∫0bza2−z2aπdz+πlna
=πlnb−πx→0limlnx+πlna−x→0lim∫xbza2−z2aπdz
Working the integral alone:
∫xbza2−z2aπdz=π∫arcsinaxarcsinabcsczdz(z→asinz)
Now evaluating this integral will give :
=πln(xa2−x2+a)−πln(ba2−b2+a)
Now ,the last calculations :
f(b)=πlnb−πx→0limlnx+πlna−x→0lim∫xbza2−z2aπdz
=πlnb−πx→0limlnx+πlna−πx→0limln(xa2−x2+a)+πln(ba2−b2+a)
=πlnb−πx→0limln(axxa2−x2+a)+πln(a2−b2+a)−πlnb
=−πln2+πln(a2−b2+a)
=πln(2a2−b2+a)
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@hasan kassim @Parth Lohomi Could you please tell me the final formula? Parth's and Hasan's results differ by a minus sign.
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=+πln(2a2−b2+a)
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±bcos(x)? In other words, ∫0πln(a±(b.cos(x)))dx==+πln(2a2−b2+a)?
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Help !!@Sandeep Bhardwaj Calvin Lin Ronak Agarwal Sean Ty Krishna Ar Pratik Shastri Pi Han Goh Pranav Arora Mursalin Habib @hasan kassim
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Hey @Parth Lohomi ! , I think I had a mistake, check out now the correct answer, I fixed it :)