S = 1 − 3 3 1 + 5 3 1 − 7 3 1 + ⋯
Find S as defined above to 6 decimal places.
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Consider the polylogarithm function Li s ( z ) :
Li s ( z ) Li 3 ( i ) Li 3 ( i ) ⟹ S = k = 1 ∑ ∞ k s z k = 1 s z + 2 s z 2 + 3 s z 3 + 4 s z 4 + ⋯ = 1 3 i + 2 3 i 2 + 3 3 i 3 + 4 3 i 4 + 5 3 i 5 + 6 3 i 6 + 7 3 i 7 + ⋯ = i − 2 3 1 − 3 3 i + 4 3 1 + 5 3 i − 6 3 1 − 7 3 i + ⋯ = ℑ ( Li 3 ( i ) ) ≈ ℑ ( − 0 . 1 1 2 6 9 3 + 0 . 9 6 8 9 4 6 i ) = 0 . 9 6 8 9 4 6 where i = − 1 denotes the imaginary unit. where ℑ ( ⋅ ) denotes the imaginary part function.
The above expression or S can be written as ∫ 0 1 x 1 ( ∫ x t a n − 1 ( x ) d x ) d x =0.968946
How would you solve the integral???
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That's from Wolfram alpha.
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See my solution...….I have provided a link.....
Yes, I checked with Wolfram Alpha too and the integral involves Li 2 ( i ) , therefore I must well use Li 3 ( i ) directly.
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This is the Dirichlet Beta Function evaluated at 3.
For an elementary proof, see this ....