The value of
can be expressed as where and are coprime and is square-free. Find the value of the sum
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A simple substitution
Now let 1 + x 3 1 = u
x = ( u 1 − u ) 3 1
( 1 + x 3 ) 2 x 2 d x = − 3 1 d u
The integral now reduces to
I = 3 1 ∫ 0 1 u 3 1 ( 1 − u ) − 3 1 d u
Using
1 ) ∫ 0 1 t x − 1 ( 1 − t ) y − 1 d t = Γ ( x + y ) Γ ( x ) Γ ( y )
2 ) Euler reflection formula Γ ( z ) Γ ( 1 − z ) = sin ( π z ) π
3 ) Γ ( 1 + z ) = z Γ ( z )
here x = 3 4 and y = 3 2
Thus we have
I = 3 1 Γ ( 3 4 + 2 ) Γ ( 3 4 ) Γ ( 3 2 )
I = 3 1 × 3 1 Γ ( 2 ) Γ ( 3 1 ) Γ ( 3 2 )
I = 9 1 × sin ( 3 π ) π from 2 )
I = 2 7 2 3 π