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∫ 0 ∞ lo g ( e x − 1 e x + 1 ) d x = ∫ 0 ∞ lo g ( 1 − e − x 1 + e − x ) d x = ∫ 0 ∞ [ lo g ( 1 + e − x ) − lo g ( 1 − e − x ) ] d x
Since e − x < 1 , we can expand the logarithms as a power series around 1. This gives, ∫ 0 ∞ [ n = 1 ∑ ∞ n ( − 1 ) n + 1 e − n x + n = 1 ∑ ∞ n 1 e − n x ] d x .
Now, using ∫ 0 ∞ e − n x d x = n 1 , we get n = 1 ∑ ∞ n 2 ( − 1 ) n + 1 + n = 1 ∑ ∞ n 2 1 = 2 n o d d ∑ n 2 1
That is, 2 [ 1 2 1 + 3 2 1 + 5 2 1 + … ]
Which equals, 2 [ ( 1 2 1 + 2 2 1 + 3 2 1 + … ) − ( 2 2 1 + 4 2 1 + 6 2 1 + … ) ] = 2 ( ζ ( 2 ) − 4 1 ζ ( 2 ) ) = 2 3 ζ ( 2 )