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By the property of logarithm we write the integral as ∫ 0 4 π ( ln ( tan ( 3 x ) − 2 ln ( tan x ) ) d x . It is easy to derive that or well know result that 2 ∫ 0 4 π ln tan ( x ) d x = − 2 k = 0 ∑ ∞ 2 k + 1 ( − 1 ) k = − 2 G where G is Catalan's constant and we are left to evaluate the integral ∫ 0 4 π ln tan ( 3 x ) d x = − 2 n = 0 ∑ ∞ 2 n + 1 1 ∫ 0 4 π cos ( 3 2 x ( 2 n + 1 ) ) d x = − 3 n = 0 ∑ ∞ ( 2 n + 1 ) 2 1 sin ( 6 π ( 2 n + 1 ) ) Now we evaluate the latter series 3 L = − 2 1 n = 0 ∑ ∞ ( ( 1 2 n + 1 ) 2 1 + ( 1 2 n + 5 ) 2 1 − ( 1 2 n + 7 ) 2 1 − ( 1 2 n + 1 1 ) 2 1 ) − n = 0 ∑ ∞ ( ( 1 2 n + 3 ) 2 1 − ( 1 2 n + 9 ) 2 1 ) = − 9 1 n = 0 ∑ ∞ ( ( 4 n + 1 ) 2 1 − ( 4 n + 3 ) 2 1 ) − 2 G − n = 0 ∑ ∞ 1 8 1 ( ( 4 n + 1 ) 2 1 − ( 4 n + 3 ) 2 1 ) = − 9 G − 2 G − 1 8 G = − 3 2 G so we have ∫ 0 4 π ln tan ( 3 x ) = − 2 G giving us − 2 G + 2 G = 0 .
Here n = 0 ∑ ∞ ( ( 4 n + 1 ) 2 1 − ( 4 n + 3 ) 2 1 ) = 4 1 ( ψ 1 ( 4 1 ) − ψ 1 ( 4 3 ) ) = 1 6 1 ( π 2 + 8 G − π 2 + 8 G ) = G Or n = 0 ∑ ∞ ( 4 n + 3 ) 2 1 = n = 1 ∑ ∞ n 2 1 − ( n = 1 ∑ ∞ ( 2 n ) 2 1 + n = 1 ∑ ∞ ( 4 n − 3 ) 2 1 ) = 8 π 2 − ( n = 0 ∑ ∞ ( 2 n − 1 ) 2 ( − 1 ) n + n = 0 ∑ ∞ ( 4 n + 3 ) 2 1 ) ⟹ n = 0 ∑ ∞ ( 4 n + 3 ) 2 1 = 1 6 π 2 − 2 G and similarly n ≥ 0 ∑ ( 4 n + 1 ) 2 1 = 1 6 π 2 + 2 G .