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Euler Sums of Weight 6
For the past couple of days I have been looking at Euler Sums, and I happened upon this particular one:
$$
\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\left(-1\right)^{n}\,
\frac{H_{n}}{n^{5}}
$$
I think most people realize ...
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How to integrate $\int_0^\frac{1}{2}\frac{\ln(1+x)}{x}\ln\left(\frac{1}{x}-1\right)\mathrm{d}x$ [duplicate]
Question; how to integrate $$\int_0^\frac{1}{2}\frac{\ln(1+x)}{x}\ln\left(\frac{1}{x}-1\right)\mathrm{d}x$$
here is my attempt to solve the integral
\begin{align} I&=\int_0^\frac{1}{2}\frac{\ln(1+...
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Polylogarithmically solving $\int\frac{\log(a_1x+b_1)\cdots\log(a_nx+b_n)}{px+q}\,dx$
I am now trying a direct approach to solving my question about
$$\int_0^\infty\frac{\arctan a_1x\arctan a_2x\dots\arctan a_nx}{1+x^2}\,dx$$
where the $a_i$ are all positive. Note that the $\arctan$s ...
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Evaluate $\int_0^\infty\frac{dx}{1+x^2}\prod_i\arctan a_ix$ (product of arctangents and Lorentzian)
Define
$$I(a_1,\dots,a_n)=\int_0^\infty\frac{dx}{1+x^2}\prod_{i=1}^n\arctan a_ix$$
with $a_i>0$. By this answer $\newcommand{Li}{\operatorname{Li}_2}$
$$I(a,b)=
\frac\pi4\left(\frac{\pi^2}6
-\Li\...
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How to determine the value of $\displaystyle f(x) = \sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac{\sqrt n}{n!}x^n$?
How to determine the value of $\displaystyle f(x) = \sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac{\sqrt n}{n!}x^n$? No context, this is just a curiosity o'mine.
Yes, I am aware there is no reason to believe a random power ...
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how to find closed form for $\int_0^1 \frac{x}{x^2+1} \left(\ln(1-x) \right)^{n-1}dx$?
here in my answer I got real part for polylogarithm function at $1+i$ for natural $n$
$$ \Re\left(\text{Li}_n(1+i)\right)=\left(\frac{-1}{4}\right)^{n+1}A_n-B_n $$
where
$$ B_n=\sum_{k=0}^{\lfloor\...
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Calculate an integral involving polylog functions
Im my recent answer https://math.stackexchange.com/a/4777055/198592 I found numerically that the following integral has a very simple result
$$i = \int_0^1 \frac{\text{Li}_2\left(\frac{i\; t}{\sqrt{1-...
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Closed form of dilogarithm fucntion involving many arctangents
I am trying to find closed form for this expression:
$$ - 2{\text{L}}{{\text{i}}_2}\left( {\frac{1}{3}} \right) - {\text{L}}{{\text{i}}_2}\left( {\frac{1}{6}\left( {1 + i\sqrt 2 } \right)} \right) - {\...
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Evaluating $\int_{0}^{1}\mathrm{d}x\,\frac{\operatorname{arsinh}{(ax)}\operatorname{arsinh}{(bx)}}{x}$ in terms of polylogarithms
Define the function $\mathcal{I}:\mathbb{R}^{2}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ by the definite integral
$$\mathcal{I}{\left(a,b\right)}:=\int_{0}^{1}\mathrm{d}x\,\frac{\operatorname{arsinh}{\left(ax\right)}\...
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Imaginary part of the dilogarithm of an imaginary number
I am wondering if I can simplify
$${\rm Im} \left[ {\rm Li}_2(i x)\right] \ , $$
in terms of more elementary functions, when $x$ is real (in particular, I am interested in $0<x<1$). I checked ...
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Closed forms of the integral $ \int_0^1 \frac{\mathrm{Li}_n(x)}{(1+x)^n} d x $
(This is related to this question).
How would one find the closed forms the integral
$$ \int_0^1 \frac{\mathrm{Li}_n(x)}{(1+x)^n} d x?
$$
I tried using Nielsen Generalized Polylogarithm as mentioned ...
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Finding a recurrence relation to evaluate $\int_{a}^{1}\mathrm{d}x\,\frac{x^{n}}{\sqrt{1-x^{2}}}\ln{\left(\frac{x+a}{x-a}\right)}$
For each $n\in\mathbb{Z}_{\ge0}$, define the function $\mathcal{J}_{n}:(0,1)\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ via the doubly improper integral
$$\mathcal{J}_{n}{\left(a\right)}:=\int_{a}^{1}\mathrm{d}x\,\frac{x^{...
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Imaginary part of dilogarithm
I have evaluated a certain real-valued, finite integral with no general elementary solution, but which I have been able to prove equals the imaginary part of some dilogarithms and can write in the ...
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Find closed-form of: $\int_{0}^{1}\frac{x\log^{3}{(x+1)}}{x^2+1}dx$
I found this integral: $$\int_{0}^{1}\frac{x\log^{3}{(x+1)}}{x^2+1}dx$$
And it seems look like this problem but i don't know how to process with this one.
First, i tried to use series of $\frac{x}{x^...
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Is there an analytic solution to $\int_a^b \frac{\arctan(A+Bt)}{C^2 + (t-Z)^2}dt$?
Is there a sensible analytic solution to the following integral: $$\int_a^b \frac{\arctan(A+Bt)}{C^2 + (t-Z)^2}dt$$ where all constants are real and $C>0$.
This integral is part of the third term ...
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How can we prove a closed form for $\frac{1}{8} \text{Li}_2\left(\frac{2+\sqrt{3}}{4} \right)+\text{Li}_2\left(2+\sqrt{3}\right)$?
I have been working on a problem in number theory that I have reduced to the problem of showing that the two-term linear combination
$$ \frac{1}{8} \text{Li}_2\left(\frac{2+\sqrt{3}}{4} \right) + \...
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Closed form for $\rm{Li }_2\left( -{\frac {i\sqrt {3}}{3}} \right)$
In my personal research with Maple i find this closed form :
$$\operatorname{Li }_2\left( -{\frac {i\sqrt {3}}{3}} \right)={\frac {{\pi}^{2}}{24}}+{\frac {\ln \left( 2 \right) \ln \left( 3
\right) }...
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A generalized "Rare" integral involving $\operatorname{Li}_3$
In my previous post, it can be shown that
$$\int_{0}^{1}
\frac{\operatorname{Li}_2(-x)-
\operatorname{Li}_2(1-x)+\ln(x)\ln(1+x)+\pi x\ln(1+x)
-\pi x\ln(x)}{1+x^2}\frac{\text{d}x}{\sqrt{1-x^2} }
=\...
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A rare integral involving $\operatorname{Li}_2$
A rare but interesting integral problem:
$$\int_{0}^{1}
\frac{\operatorname{Li}_2(-x)-
\operatorname{Li}_2(1-x)+\ln(x)\ln(1+x)+\pi x\ln(1+x)
-\pi x\ln(x)}{1+x^2}\frac{\text{d}x}{\sqrt{1-x^2} }
=\...
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Finding $\int_{1}^{\infty} \frac{1}{1+x^2} \frac{\operatorname{Li}_2\left ( \frac{1-x}{2} \right ) }{\pi^2+\ln^2\left(\frac{x-1}{2}\right)}\text{d}x$
Prove the integral
$$\int_{1}^{\infty} \frac{1}{1+x^2}
\frac{\operatorname{Li}_2\left ( \frac{1-x}{2} \right ) }{
\pi^2+\ln^2\left ( \frac{x-1}{2} \right ) }\text{d}x
=\frac{96C\ln2+7\pi^3}{12(\pi^2+...
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Conjectured closed form for ${\it {Li_2}} \left( 1-{\frac {\sqrt {2}}{2}}-i \left( 1-{\frac {\sqrt { 2}}{2}} \right) \right)$
With Maple i find this closed form:
${\it {Li_2}} \left( 1-{\frac {\sqrt {2}}{2}}-i \left( 1-{\frac {\sqrt {
2}}{2}} \right) \right)$=$-{\frac {{\pi}^{2}}{64}}-{\frac { \left( \ln \left( 1+\sqrt {2}
...
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Evaluate $\int_{{\frac {\pi}{8}}}^{{\frac {7\,\pi}{8}}}\!{\frac {\ln \left( 1- \cos \left( t \right) \right) }{\sin \left( t \right) }}\,{\rm d}t$
I'm interested in this integral: $\int_{{\frac {\pi}{8}}}^{{\frac {7\,\pi}{8}}}\!{\frac {\ln \left( 1- \cos \left( t \right) \right) }{\sin \left( t \right) }}\,{\rm d}t$
I found this particular ...
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Closed form evaluation of a trigonometric integral in terms of polylogarithms
Define the function $\mathcal{K}:\mathbb{R}\times\mathbb{R}\times\left(-\frac{\pi}{2},\frac{\pi}{2}\right)\times\left(-\frac{\pi}{2},\frac{\pi}{2}\right)\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ via the definite ...
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Finding a closed-form for the sum $\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\frac{\left(-1\right)^{n}H_{2n}}{n^{4}}$
Let $\mathcal{S}$ denote the sum of the following alternating series:
$$\mathcal{S}:=\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\frac{\left(-1\right)^{n}H_{2n}}{n^{4}}\approx-1.392562725547,$$
where $H_{n}$ denotes the $n$-...
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Generating function of the polylogarithm.
Let $\operatorname{Li}_s(z)$ denote the polylogarithm function
$$\operatorname{Li}_s(z) = \sum_{k=1}^\infty \frac{z^k}{k^s}.$$
Does there exists a closed form or a known function which generates the ...
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Closed form evaluation of a class of inverse hyperbolic integrals
Define the function $\mathcal{I}:\mathbb{R}_{>0}^{2}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ via the definite integral
$$\mathcal{I}{\left(a,b\right)}:=\int_{0}^{1}\mathrm{d}x\,\frac{\operatorname{arsinh}{\left(ax\...
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Iterated integral involving polylogarithms
To establish notation the polylogarithm Li$_n(x)$ has the power series expansion
$$ \text{Li}_n(x)= \sum_{k=1}^\infty \frac{x^k}{k^n} $$
and the Riemann zeta can be considered the special value $\zeta(...
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Challenging integral $I=\int_0^{\pi/2}x^2\frac{\ln(\sin x)}{\cos x}dx$
My friend offered to solve this integral.
$$I=\int_0^{\pi/2}x^2\frac{\ln(\sin x)}{\cos x}dx=\frac{\pi^4}{32}-{4G^2} $$
Where G is the Catalan's constant.
$$I=\int _0^{\infty }\frac{\arctan ^2\left(u\...
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Evaluate $\int^1_0 x^a (1-x)^b \operatorname{Li}_2 (x)\, \mathrm dx$
For what $a,b$ the integral
$$\int^1_0 x^a(1-x)^b\operatorname{Li}_2 (x)\, \mathrm dx$$
has a closed form solution? I tried to solve it by expanding dilogarithm function, or by reducing it to linear ...
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Does there exist a closed form for $\int_0^{\pi/2}\frac{x^2\ \text{Li}_2(\sin^2x)}{\sin x}dx$?
I am not sure if there exists a closed form for
$$I=\int_0^{\pi/2}\frac{x^2\ \text{Li}_2(\sin^2x)}{\sin x}dx$$
which seems non-trivial.
I used the reflection and landen's identity, didn't help much.
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How to evaluate $\int _0^1\frac{\ln ^2\left(1-x\right)\ln ^5\left(1+x\right)}{1+x}\:dx$
Before you think I haven't tried anything, please read.
I've been trying to evaluate $$\int _0^1\frac{\ln ^2\left(1-x\right)\ln ^5\left(1+x\right)}{1+x}\:dx$$
But I can't find a way to simplify it. ...
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Evaluating $\int_0^1\frac{\arctan x\ln\left(\frac{2x^2}{1+x^2}\right)}{1-x}dx$
Here is a nice problem proposed by Cornel Valean
$$
I=\int_0^1\frac{\arctan\left(x\right)}{1-x}\,
\ln\left(\frac{2x^2}{1+x^2}\right)\,\mathrm{d}x =
-\frac{\pi}{16}\ln^{2}\left(2\right) -
\frac{11}{...
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Remarkable logarithmic integral $\int_0^1 \frac{\log^2 (1-x) \log^2 x \log^3(1+x)}{x}dx$
We have the following result ($\text{Li}_{n}$ being the polylogarithm):
$$\tag{*}\small{ \int_0^1 \log^2 (1-x) \log^2 x \log^3(1+x) \frac{dx}{x} = -168 \text{Li}_5(\frac{1}{2}) \zeta (3)+96 \text{Li}...
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Closed-form expressions for the zeros of $\text{Li}_{-n}(x)$?
Consider the first few polylogarithm functions $\text{Li}_{-n}(x)$, where $-n$ is a negative integer and $x\in\mathbb R$ (plotted below). Observation suggests that $\text{Li}_{-1}(x)$ has one zero (at ...
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Evaluation of a log-trig integral in terms of the Clausen function (or other functions related to the dilogarithm)
Define the function $\mathcal{I}:\mathbb{R}^{2}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ via the definite integral
$$\mathcal{I}{\left(a,\theta\right)}:=\int_{0}^{\theta}\mathrm{d}\varphi\,\ln{\left(1-2a\cos{\left(\...
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Evaluate $\int_0^1 \log (1-x)\ _3F_2\left(1,1,1;\frac{3}{2},\frac{3}{2};x\right) \, dx$
I encountered a hypergeometric integral while investigating harmonic sums
$$\int_0^1 \log (1-x)\ _3F_2\left(1,1,1;\frac{3}{2},\frac{3}{2};x\right) \, dx$$
Based on my experience I suspect a nice ...
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Evaluating $\int_0^1\frac{\ln(1+x^2)\text{Li}_2(x)}{x}dx$ without using $\sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac{H_n}{n^3}x^n$
I am trying to evaluate
$$I=\int_0^1\frac{\ln(1+x^2)\text{Li}_2(x)}{x}dx$$
Integration by parts yields
$$I=\frac58\zeta(4)-\frac12\int_0^1\frac{\ln(1-x)\text{Li}_2(-x^2)}{x}dx$$
Another related ...
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Is there a closed-form for $\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}\frac{n}{n^3+1}$?
I'm reading a book on complex variables (The Theory of Functions of a Complex Variable, Thorn 1953) and the following is shown:
Let $f(z)$ be holomorphic and single valued in $\mathbb{C}$ except at a ...
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A closed form for the dilogarithm integral $\int _{ 0 }^{ 1 }{ \frac { \operatorname{Li}_2\left( 2x\left( 1-x \right) \right) }{ x } dx } $
$$\int _{ 0 }^{ 1 }{ \frac { \operatorname{Li}_2\left( 2x\left( 1-x \right) \right) }{ x } dx } $$
when I was solving an infinite series by using the beta function I encountered the above ...
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Compute $\int_0^1 \frac{\text{Li}_2(-x^2)\log (x^2+1)}{x^2+1} \, dx$
How can we evaluate: $$\int_0^1 \frac{\text{Li}_2\left(-x^2\right) \log \left(x^2+1\right)}{x^2+1} \, dx$$
Any help will be appreciated.
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Computing $\int_0^1\frac{1-2x}{2x^2-2x+1}\ln(x)\text{Li}_2(x)dx$
Any idea how ot approach
$$I=\int_0^1\frac{1-2x}{2x^2-2x+1}\ln(x)\text{Li}_2(x)dx\ ?$$
I came across this integral while I was trying to find a different solution for $\Re\ \text{Li}_4(1+i)$ posted ...
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Evaluate $\int_0^1 \frac{x \operatorname{Li}_2(x) \log (1+x)}{x^2+1} \, dx$
$$\int_0^1 \frac{x \operatorname{Li}_2(x) \log (1+x)}{x^2+1} \, dx=-\frac{3\pi }{4} \Im(\operatorname{Li}_3(1+i))+\frac{189}{128} \zeta (3) \log (2)+\frac{C^2}{2}-\frac{1}{4} \pi C \log (2)+\frac{ \...
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Evaluate $\sum _{n=1}^{\infty } \frac{1}{n^5 2^n \binom{3 n}{n}}$ in terms of elementary constants
How can we evaluate
$$\sum _{n=1}^{\infty } \frac{1}{n^5 2^n \binom{3 n}{n}}$$
Related: $\sum _{n=1}^{\infty } \frac{1}{n^4 2^n \binom{3 n}{n}}$ is solved recently (see here for the solution) by ...
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The closed form for $\sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{H_{n/2}}{n^2}x^n$
Is there a closed form for
$$\sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{H_{n/2}}{n^2}x^n\ ?$$
Where $H_{n/2}=\int_0^1\frac{1-x^{n/2}}{1-x}\ dx$ is the harmonic number.
I managed to find the closed form but had hard ...
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Verifying $\int_0^1 \ln^2x\ln(1+x)\operatorname{Li}_3\left(\frac1x\right)\ dx$
I managed to convert the integral $\large\int_0^1 \frac{\operatorname{Li}_3^2(-x)}{x^2}\ dx$ to $\int_0^1 \ln^2x\ln(1+x)\operatorname{Li}_3\left(\frac1x\right)\ dx$ in hope of evaluating it in a ...
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How to evaluate: $\int_0^1 \frac{\frac{\pi^2}{6}-\operatorname{Li}_2(1-x)}{1-x}\cdot \ln^2(x) \, \mathrm dx$
$$\int_0^1 \frac{\frac{\pi^2}{6}-\operatorname{Li}_2(1-x)}{1-x}\cdot \ln^2(x)\,\mathrm dx=1.03693\ldots$$
This number looks like $\zeta(5)$ value.
We expand the terms
$$\int_0^1\frac{\frac{\pi^2}{...
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Conjectural closed-form of $\int_0^1 \frac{\log^n (1-x) \log^{n-1} (1+x)}{1+x} dx$
Let $$I_n = \int_0^1 \frac{\log^n (1-x) \log^{n-1} (1+x)}{1+x} dx$$
In a recently published article, $I_n$ are evaluated for $n\leq 6$:
$$\begin{aligned}I_1 &= \frac{\log ^2(2)}{2}-\frac{\pi ^2}{...
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How to compute $\sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac{H_n^2}{n^32^n}$?
Can we evaluate $\displaystyle\sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac{H_n^2}{n^32^n}$ ?
where $H_n=\sum_{k=1}^n\frac1n$ is the harmonic number.
A related integral is $\displaystyle\int_0^1\frac{\ln^2(1-x)\...
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Compute $\int_0^{1/2}\frac{\left(\operatorname{Li}_2(x)\right)^2}{x}dx$ or $\sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{H_n^{(2)}}{n^32^n}$
Prove that
I encountered this integral while working on the sum $\displaystyle \sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{H_n^{(2)}}{n^32^n}$. Both of the integral and the sum were proposed by Cornel Valean:
The ...
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Expressing $\sum_{n = 1}^\infty \sum_{k = 1}^n \frac{1}{n^4 k\,2^k}$ as a finite sum involving $\zeta(\cdot)$, $Li_k(\cdot)$, $\pi$, and $\ln 2$
While working on the integral posted here, through a large amount of skulduggery, I managed to arrive at the following intriguing sum
$$\begin{align}\sum_{n = 1}^\infty \sum_{k = 1}^n \frac{1}{n^4 ...
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