From two simple identities, I'm able to conjure up this integral.
∫ 0 1 x ln ( 1 − x ) d x
Can you determine its value? (Round it up to 3 decimal places)
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Saketh bro, I suggest you to use \ [ \ displaystyle{"Enter your latex code here} \ ] letex code . It look's much better and easy to understand !
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ok sure, i use app for latex so i have trouble, and yes you should go through this for a simplified proof :)
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No no , Use that code for Math codes , Like I edit your question , You can see that. Don't give spaces , I giving it for making you understandable
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Don't use spaces and also don't use " " .
And Thank's for the link !
Refer Dilogarithm and polylogarithm functions.
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Raghav , I am making a new note for Exam discussions , anything you wish to say ? Reason being that it has become quite heavy !!
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Go ahead! What's there for me to say?
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@Raghav Vaidyanathan – Also I am waiting for Calvin sir to reply , I had asked something from him in his message board .
Did the same!
Hi , there is nothing to Gamma Function except the different definitions that it has ! Just read it once and you'll master it instantaneously .
I had learnt Gamma,Beta,Zeta and whatsoever functions only after joining Brilliant , so you see it's quite easy.
As for the proof , it's not at all difficult !! I had proved it using simple trigonometry .
Using the taylor series: ∫ 0 1 x l n ( 1 − x ) d x = − ∫ 0 1 ( 1 + 2 x + 3 x 2 + 4 x 3 + 5 x 4 + . . . ) = − 1 [ x + 4 x 2 + 9 x 3 + 1 6 x 4 + . . . ] 0 1 = − ( i = 1 ∑ ∞ i 2 1 ) = − 6 π 2 The last step comes from the riemann zeta function.
we know that: ∫ 0 a f ( x ) d x = ∫ 0 a f ( a − x ) d x So using that we can say: I = ∫ 0 1 x l n ( 1 − x ) d x = ∫ 0 1 1 − x l n ( x ) d x Since : 0 < x < 1 the infinite sum of a geometric series of the form u n = x n can be written as: 1 − x 1 or:
n = 0 ∑ ∞ x n = 1 − x 1 Substituting this back to the integral we get: I = ∫ 0 1 n = 0 ∑ ∞ l n ( x ) ∗ x n d x
And using the linearity of the integral we can interchange the integral sign and the sum to get: I = n = 0 ∑ ∞ ∫ 0 1 x n ∗ l n ( x ) d x
Now all we do is calculate integral by parts and sum it up. So using parts we get: I = ∫ 0 1 x n ∗ l n ( x ) d x = ( n + 1 ) 2 − 1
So we get: I = − n = 0 ∑ ∞ ( n + 1 ) 2 1 I = 6 − ( π ) 2
hi...I liked your solution....how to check the linearity of the integral.
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I = ∫ 0 1 x ln ( 1 − x ) d x I = ∫ 0 1 ( − 1 − 2 x − 3 x 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . ) d x I = − ( 1 . 1 1 + 2 . 2 1 + 3 . 3 1 + 4 . 4 1 . . . . . . . . . . . ) I = − ( r = 1 ∑ ∞ r 2 1 ) = − 6 π 2 I don't Know proof of this summation , Since I don't know about gamma,beta,zeta functions. But As Ronak is already proved beautifully this series some day's ago .
Check out here Ronak agarwal's proof