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Factorising the denominator, and applying partial fractions, the integral is equal to $\frac{1+\sqrt{5}}{\sqrt{5}}\int_0^1 \frac{1}{2 + (1 - \sqrt{5})X + 2X^2}\,dX - \frac{1-\sqrt{5}}{\sqrt{5}}\int_0^1 \frac{1}{2 + (1 - \sqrt{5})X + 2X^2}\,dX$ and these two subintegrals can be evaluated as inverse tangents. From here to the answer of $\frac{\pi \sqrt{5 + 2\sqrt{5}}}{5\sqrt{5}}$ is a straightforward, if lengthy, calculation. The answer is $5 + 2 \,=\, \boxed{7}$ .

Multiply top and bottom by $-(x-1)$ , we have $\displaystyle \int_0^1 \frac{1-x^3}{1-x^5} \, dx$ .

Notice that the integrand can be written as a sum of a convergent geometric series with common ratio $x^5$ .

$\begin{aligned} \displaystyle \int_0^1 \frac{1-x^3}{1-x^5} \, dx &=& \displaystyle \int_0^1 \displaystyle \sum_{r=0}^\infty (1-x^3) x^{5r} \, dx \\ \displaystyle &=& \sum_{r=0}^\infty \int_0^1 (x^{5r} - x^{3+5r} ) \, dx \\ \displaystyle &=& \sum_{r=0}^\infty \left( \frac1{5r+1} - \frac1{5r+4}\right ) \\ \displaystyle &=& \sum_{r=0}^\infty \frac3{25r^2+25r+4} \qquad (\star) \\ \end{aligned}$ We consider the logarithmic differentiation of the Weiestrass Product:

$\displaystyle \cos(\pi x) = \prod_{n=0}^\infty \left( 1 - \frac{4x^2}{(2n+1)^2} \right)$

to get

$\displaystyle \sum_{n=0}^\infty \frac1{(2n+1)^2 - (2x)^2} = \frac{\pi}{8x} \tan(\pi x ) \qquad (\star \star)$ Notice that $\frac3{25r^2+25r+4} = \frac{12}{25} \cdot \frac1{(2r+1)^2 - \left (2\cdot \frac3{10} \right)^2}$ . Thus $x=\frac3{10}$ for $(\star \star)$ .

Hence, the integral in question equals to $\dfrac{12}{25} \cdot \dfrac{\pi}{8\cdot 3/10} \tan\left(\pi \cdot \dfrac3{10}\right) = \dfrac\pi5 \tan\left(\dfrac3{10}\pi\right)$ .

Now, we just need to evaluate $\tan\left(\frac3{10}\pi\right)$ . Apply the identity $\tan(x) = \sqrt{\frac{1-\cos(2x)}{1+\cos(2x)}}$ for $x = \frac3{10}\pi$ .

This means we need to find what is the value of $\cos\left(\frac35\pi \right)$ . Let $y$ denote this value. Because $\cos\left(\frac{1}5\pi\right) = -\cos\left( 4\times \frac15\pi \right)$ . Apply the double angle formula twice yields $\cos\left( \frac15\pi\right) = \frac{1+\sqrt5}4$ . Apply the triple angle formula to get $y = \frac{1-\sqrt5}4$ .

Substitution yields the answer of $\displaystyle \pi \sqrt{\dfrac{5+2\sqrt5}{125}} \approx 0.8648 \ \square$ .

Hence $a+b=7$ .