Who can handle this integral ?

$\int\limits_0^{\frac{\pi}{2}}\arctan\left(1-\cos^2 x\sin^2 x\right)\ \mathrm{d}x=\frac{\pi^2}{4}-\pi\arctan\sqrt{\frac{\sqrt{2}-1}{2}}.$ Can someone prove this ?

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$\displaystyle \begin{aligned} \int_0^{\pi/2} \arctan\left(1-\cos^2x\sin^2x\right)\,dx & =\int_0^{\pi/2} \left(\frac{\pi}{2}-\arctan\left(\frac{1}{1-\sin^2x\cos^2x}\right)\right)\,dx \\ &=\frac{\pi^2}{4}-\int_0^{\pi/2} \arctan(\sin^2x)\,dx-\int_0^{\pi/2} \arctan(\cos^2x)\,dx \\ &=\frac{\pi^2}{4}-2\int_0^{\pi/2}\arctan(\cos^2x)\,dx \\ \end{aligned}$

Consider

$\displaystyle I(a)=\int_0^{\pi/2} \arctan(a\,\cos^2x)\,dx$

$\displaystyle \begin{aligned} \Rightarrow I'(a)&=\int_0^{\pi/2} \frac{\cos^2x}{1+a^2\cos^4x}\,dx \\ &= \int_0^{\pi/2} \frac{\sec^2x}{\sec^4x+a^2}\,dx\\ &= \int_0^{\pi/2} \frac{\sec^2x}{(1+\tan^2x)^2+a}\,dx\\ &=\int_0^{\infty} \frac{dt}{t^4+2t^2+a^2+1}\,\,\,\,\,\,\,(\tan x=t) \\ \end{aligned}$

With the substitution $t\mapsto \dfrac{\sqrt{a^2+1}}{t}$ ,

$\displaystyle I'(a)=\frac{1}{\sqrt{a^2+1}}\int_0^{\infty} \frac{t^2}{t^4+2t^2+a^2+1}\,dt$

$\displaystyle \begin{aligned} \Rightarrow I'(a) &=\frac{1}{2\sqrt{a^2+1}}\int_0^{\infty} \frac{\sqrt{a^2+1}+t^2}{t^4+2t^2+a^2+1}\,dt \\ &=\frac{1}{2\sqrt{a^2+1}}\int_0^{\infty} \frac{1+\frac{\sqrt{1+a^2}}{t^2}}{\left(t-\frac{\sqrt{a^2+1}}{t}\right)^2+2(1+\sqrt{a^2+1})}\,dt\\ &=\frac{1}{2\sqrt{a^2+1}}\int_{-\infty}^{\infty} \frac{dy}{y^2+2(1+\sqrt{a^2+1})}\,\,\,\,\,\,\,\left(t-\frac{\sqrt{a^2+1}}{t}=y\right) \\ &=\frac{\pi}{2\sqrt{2}} \frac{1}{\sqrt{1+a^2}\sqrt{1+\sqrt{a^2+1}}} \\ \end{aligned}$

Integrating back,

$\displaystyle \begin{aligned} I(1)-I(0)=I(1) &=\frac{\pi}{2\sqrt{2}}\int_0^1 \frac{da}{\sqrt{1+a^2}\sqrt{1+\sqrt{a^2+1}}} \\ &= \frac{\pi}{2\sqrt{2}}\int_1^{\sqrt{2}} \frac{dt}{\sqrt{t-1}(t+1)}\,\,\,\,\,\,\,(\sqrt{a^2+1}=t) \\ &=\frac{\pi}{\sqrt{2}}\int_0^{\sqrt{\sqrt{2}-1}} \frac{du}{u^2+2} \,\,\,\,\,\,\,(t-1=u^2) \\ &=\frac{\pi}{2} \left(\arctan\frac{u}{\sqrt{2}}\right|_0^{\sqrt{\sqrt{2}-1}} \\ &=\frac{\pi}{2}\arctan\left(\sqrt{\frac{\sqrt{2}-1}{2}}\right) \\ \end{aligned}$

Hence,

$\boxed{\displaystyle \int_0^{\pi/2} \arctan\left(1-\cos^2x\sin^2x\right)\,dx=\dfrac{\pi^2}{4}-\pi\arctan\left(\sqrt{\dfrac{\sqrt{2}-1}{2}}\right)}$

Pranav Arora - 6 years, 11 months ago

What a great job! Hats off to you @Pranav Arora .

Haroun Meghaichi - 6 years, 11 months ago

Wonderful solution Pranav!!! How do you think of such things?! $\ddot\smile$

Karthik Kannan - 6 years, 11 months ago

Thank you Karthik! :)

I don't think I did anything special in this one, I used only the standard techniques as you can see. I am sure you too would have solved it if you jumped on this one before me. ;)

Pranav Arora - 6 years, 11 months ago

@Pranav Arora – Oh, no...I tried a lot but did not succeed. My approach was also 'differentiating under the integral' but I was nowhere close to the solution. Great solution once again! $\ddot\smile$

Karthik Kannan - 6 years, 11 months ago

Excellent!!!

Parth Lohomi - 6 years, 10 months ago

What level calculus is this..?I am in 12th grade am I supposed to be able to solve this...??

Rajsuryan Singh - 6 years, 9 months ago

I suppose this is problem solving calculus. You don't regularly learn stuff this hard in school.

Daniel Liu - 6 years, 9 months ago

@Daniel Liu – Hey are you actually 14 year old...??

Rajsuryan Singh - 6 years, 9 months ago

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