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Calculus Level 4

0 ln x x 2 3 ( 1 + x ) = A π 2 B \large\int_0^\infty\frac{\ln x}{x^\frac 23(1+x)}=-\frac {A\pi^2}B

If A A and B B are positive coprime integers, find the value of A + B A+B .


The answer is 5.

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1 solution

Mark Hennings
Apr 29, 2018

0 ln x x 2 3 ( 1 + x ) d x = d d α 0 x α 1 1 + x d x α = 1 3 = d d α B ( α , 1 α ) α = 1 3 = d d α ( Γ ( α ) Γ ( 1 α ) ) α = 1 3 = d d α ( π c o s e c π α ) α = 1 3 = π 2 c o s e c π α cot π α α = 1 3 = 2 3 π 2 \begin{aligned} \int_0^\infty \frac{\ln x}{x^{\frac23}(1+x)}\,dx & = \; \frac{d}{d\alpha} \int_0^\infty \frac{x^{\alpha-1}}{1+x}\,dx \Big|_{\alpha = \frac13} \; = \; \frac{d}{d\alpha}B(\alpha,1-\alpha)\Big|_{\alpha = \frac13} \\ & = \; \frac{d}{d\alpha}\big(\Gamma(\alpha)\Gamma(1-\alpha)\big)\Big|_{\alpha=\frac13} \; = \; \frac{d}{d\alpha}\big(\pi \,\mathrm{cosec}\pi \alpha\big)\Big|_{\alpha = \frac13} \\ & = \; -\pi^2 \mathrm{cosec}\,\pi\alpha\,\cot\pi\alpha\Big|_{\alpha = \frac13} \; = \; -\tfrac23\pi^2 \end{aligned} making the answer 2 + 3 = 5 2 + 3= \boxed{5} .

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