Evaluate $int_0^1 log left( frac{x^2+sqrt{3}x+1}{x^2-sqrt{3}x+1} right) frac{dx}{x} $
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I'm trying to evaluate this integral but i'm having a lot of problems with the standards method.
$$int_0^1
log
left(
frac{x^2+sqrt{3}x+1}{x^2-sqrt{3}x+1}
right)
frac{dx}{x}
$$
I've tried integration by parts, taylor expansion of the $log$ function and some substitution.
Wolfram says that the results is $frac{pi^2}{3}$. I think that it divide the integral in four parts factorizing the argument of the logarithm with complex numbers, anyway it seems to take too long as approach.
Do you have any suggestions?
I've also noticed that the function is even so we could also write the integral as
$$
frac{1}{2}
int_{-1}^1
log
left(
frac{x^2+sqrt{3}x+1}{x^2-sqrt{3}x+1}
right)
frac{dx}{x}
$$
definite-integrals
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I'm trying to evaluate this integral but i'm having a lot of problems with the standards method.
$$int_0^1
log
left(
frac{x^2+sqrt{3}x+1}{x^2-sqrt{3}x+1}
right)
frac{dx}{x}
$$
I've tried integration by parts, taylor expansion of the $log$ function and some substitution.
Wolfram says that the results is $frac{pi^2}{3}$. I think that it divide the integral in four parts factorizing the argument of the logarithm with complex numbers, anyway it seems to take too long as approach.
Do you have any suggestions?
I've also noticed that the function is even so we could also write the integral as
$$
frac{1}{2}
int_{-1}^1
log
left(
frac{x^2+sqrt{3}x+1}{x^2-sqrt{3}x+1}
right)
frac{dx}{x}
$$
definite-integrals
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1
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Both the numerator and denominator are invariant under the transformation $p(x) mapsto x^2 p(frac{1}{x})$, which suggests you might get some mileage out of applying the substitution $u = frac{1}{x}$ and rearranging.
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– Travis
Jan 7 at 13:13
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I'm trying to evaluate this integral but i'm having a lot of problems with the standards method.
$$int_0^1
log
left(
frac{x^2+sqrt{3}x+1}{x^2-sqrt{3}x+1}
right)
frac{dx}{x}
$$
I've tried integration by parts, taylor expansion of the $log$ function and some substitution.
Wolfram says that the results is $frac{pi^2}{3}$. I think that it divide the integral in four parts factorizing the argument of the logarithm with complex numbers, anyway it seems to take too long as approach.
Do you have any suggestions?
I've also noticed that the function is even so we could also write the integral as
$$
frac{1}{2}
int_{-1}^1
log
left(
frac{x^2+sqrt{3}x+1}{x^2-sqrt{3}x+1}
right)
frac{dx}{x}
$$
definite-integrals
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I'm trying to evaluate this integral but i'm having a lot of problems with the standards method.
$$int_0^1
log
left(
frac{x^2+sqrt{3}x+1}{x^2-sqrt{3}x+1}
right)
frac{dx}{x}
$$
I've tried integration by parts, taylor expansion of the $log$ function and some substitution.
Wolfram says that the results is $frac{pi^2}{3}$. I think that it divide the integral in four parts factorizing the argument of the logarithm with complex numbers, anyway it seems to take too long as approach.
Do you have any suggestions?
I've also noticed that the function is even so we could also write the integral as
$$
frac{1}{2}
int_{-1}^1
log
left(
frac{x^2+sqrt{3}x+1}{x^2-sqrt{3}x+1}
right)
frac{dx}{x}
$$
definite-integrals
definite-integrals
asked Jan 7 at 13:05
FabioFabio
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1
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Both the numerator and denominator are invariant under the transformation $p(x) mapsto x^2 p(frac{1}{x})$, which suggests you might get some mileage out of applying the substitution $u = frac{1}{x}$ and rearranging.
$endgroup$
– Travis
Jan 7 at 13:13
add a comment |
1
$begingroup$
Both the numerator and denominator are invariant under the transformation $p(x) mapsto x^2 p(frac{1}{x})$, which suggests you might get some mileage out of applying the substitution $u = frac{1}{x}$ and rearranging.
$endgroup$
– Travis
Jan 7 at 13:13
1
1
$begingroup$
Both the numerator and denominator are invariant under the transformation $p(x) mapsto x^2 p(frac{1}{x})$, which suggests you might get some mileage out of applying the substitution $u = frac{1}{x}$ and rearranging.
$endgroup$
– Travis
Jan 7 at 13:13
$begingroup$
Both the numerator and denominator are invariant under the transformation $p(x) mapsto x^2 p(frac{1}{x})$, which suggests you might get some mileage out of applying the substitution $u = frac{1}{x}$ and rearranging.
$endgroup$
– Travis
Jan 7 at 13:13
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Let $$I(theta)=int_0^1frac{ln(x^2+2xcostheta+1)}xdx,$$
differentiating it gives $$I'(theta)=int_0^1-frac{2sintheta}{1+2xcostheta+x^2}dx\
=-theta$$
(since $thetain(-pi,pi)$)
The integral need to find is $$Ileft(frac16piright)-Ileft(frac56piright)=int_{5/6pi}^{1/6pi}-theta dtheta=frac13pi^2$$
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Brilliant, i'll add this trick to my collection thank you
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– Fabio
Jan 7 at 13:24
1
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@Fabio one can actually generalize this method to see that $$int_0^1logbigg(frac{x^2+ax+1}{x^2-ax+1}bigg)frac{mathrm{d}x}{x}=frac{pi^2}2-piarccosfrac{a}2$$
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– clathratus
2 days ago
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I didn't noticed, besides allow to give a more elegant answer I guess this will be quite useful in the future, thanks for the observation
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– Fabio
2 days ago
add a comment |
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Let us consider that for any $alphain S^1$
$$ int_{0}^{1}frac{log(1-alpha x)}{x},dx = -sum_{ngeq 1}int_{0}^{1}frac{alpha^n x^{n}}{nx},dx=-sum_{ngeq 1}frac{alpha^n}{n^2}=-text{Li}_2(alpha) $$
and by setting $zeta=expleft(frac{2pi i}{12}right)$ we have
$$ int_{0}^{1}logleft(frac{1-sqrt{3}x+x^2}{1+sqrt{3}x+x^2}right),frac{dx}{x}=int_{0}^{1}left[log(1-zeta x)+log(1-zeta^{11} x)-log(1-zeta^5 x)-log(1-zeta^7 x)right]frac{dx}{x} $$
hence your integral equals
$$ text{Li}_2(zeta)+text{Li}_2(zeta^{11})-text{Li}_2(zeta^5)-text{Li}_2(zeta^7)=2text{Re},text{Li}_2(zeta)-2text{Re},text{Li}_2(zeta^5). $$
Last trick: $text{Re},text{Li}_2(e^{itheta})$ is an elementary function, since it is the formal primitive of the sawtooth wave $sum_{ngeq 1}frac{sin(nx)}{n}$ (piecewise-linear), hence a periodic and piecewise-parabolic function. Putting everything together, the outcome is simply $2zeta(2)=frac{pi^2}{3}$.
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That's impressive! But i don't understand some things sorry for the ignorance: what's the set $S^1$?
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– Fabio
Jan 7 at 13:31
1
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@Fabio: the unit circle centered at the origin of the complex plane.
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– Jack D'Aurizio
Jan 7 at 13:52
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Let $$I(theta)=int_0^1frac{ln(x^2+2xcostheta+1)}xdx,$$
differentiating it gives $$I'(theta)=int_0^1-frac{2sintheta}{1+2xcostheta+x^2}dx\
=-theta$$
(since $thetain(-pi,pi)$)
The integral need to find is $$Ileft(frac16piright)-Ileft(frac56piright)=int_{5/6pi}^{1/6pi}-theta dtheta=frac13pi^2$$
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Brilliant, i'll add this trick to my collection thank you
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– Fabio
Jan 7 at 13:24
1
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@Fabio one can actually generalize this method to see that $$int_0^1logbigg(frac{x^2+ax+1}{x^2-ax+1}bigg)frac{mathrm{d}x}{x}=frac{pi^2}2-piarccosfrac{a}2$$
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– clathratus
2 days ago
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I didn't noticed, besides allow to give a more elegant answer I guess this will be quite useful in the future, thanks for the observation
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– Fabio
2 days ago
add a comment |
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Let $$I(theta)=int_0^1frac{ln(x^2+2xcostheta+1)}xdx,$$
differentiating it gives $$I'(theta)=int_0^1-frac{2sintheta}{1+2xcostheta+x^2}dx\
=-theta$$
(since $thetain(-pi,pi)$)
The integral need to find is $$Ileft(frac16piright)-Ileft(frac56piright)=int_{5/6pi}^{1/6pi}-theta dtheta=frac13pi^2$$
$endgroup$
$begingroup$
Brilliant, i'll add this trick to my collection thank you
$endgroup$
– Fabio
Jan 7 at 13:24
1
$begingroup$
@Fabio one can actually generalize this method to see that $$int_0^1logbigg(frac{x^2+ax+1}{x^2-ax+1}bigg)frac{mathrm{d}x}{x}=frac{pi^2}2-piarccosfrac{a}2$$
$endgroup$
– clathratus
2 days ago
$begingroup$
I didn't noticed, besides allow to give a more elegant answer I guess this will be quite useful in the future, thanks for the observation
$endgroup$
– Fabio
2 days ago
add a comment |
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Let $$I(theta)=int_0^1frac{ln(x^2+2xcostheta+1)}xdx,$$
differentiating it gives $$I'(theta)=int_0^1-frac{2sintheta}{1+2xcostheta+x^2}dx\
=-theta$$
(since $thetain(-pi,pi)$)
The integral need to find is $$Ileft(frac16piright)-Ileft(frac56piright)=int_{5/6pi}^{1/6pi}-theta dtheta=frac13pi^2$$
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Let $$I(theta)=int_0^1frac{ln(x^2+2xcostheta+1)}xdx,$$
differentiating it gives $$I'(theta)=int_0^1-frac{2sintheta}{1+2xcostheta+x^2}dx\
=-theta$$
(since $thetain(-pi,pi)$)
The integral need to find is $$Ileft(frac16piright)-Ileft(frac56piright)=int_{5/6pi}^{1/6pi}-theta dtheta=frac13pi^2$$
answered Jan 7 at 13:21
Kemono ChenKemono Chen
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Brilliant, i'll add this trick to my collection thank you
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– Fabio
Jan 7 at 13:24
1
$begingroup$
@Fabio one can actually generalize this method to see that $$int_0^1logbigg(frac{x^2+ax+1}{x^2-ax+1}bigg)frac{mathrm{d}x}{x}=frac{pi^2}2-piarccosfrac{a}2$$
$endgroup$
– clathratus
2 days ago
$begingroup$
I didn't noticed, besides allow to give a more elegant answer I guess this will be quite useful in the future, thanks for the observation
$endgroup$
– Fabio
2 days ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
Brilliant, i'll add this trick to my collection thank you
$endgroup$
– Fabio
Jan 7 at 13:24
1
$begingroup$
@Fabio one can actually generalize this method to see that $$int_0^1logbigg(frac{x^2+ax+1}{x^2-ax+1}bigg)frac{mathrm{d}x}{x}=frac{pi^2}2-piarccosfrac{a}2$$
$endgroup$
– clathratus
2 days ago
$begingroup$
I didn't noticed, besides allow to give a more elegant answer I guess this will be quite useful in the future, thanks for the observation
$endgroup$
– Fabio
2 days ago
$begingroup$
Brilliant, i'll add this trick to my collection thank you
$endgroup$
– Fabio
Jan 7 at 13:24
$begingroup$
Brilliant, i'll add this trick to my collection thank you
$endgroup$
– Fabio
Jan 7 at 13:24
1
1
$begingroup$
@Fabio one can actually generalize this method to see that $$int_0^1logbigg(frac{x^2+ax+1}{x^2-ax+1}bigg)frac{mathrm{d}x}{x}=frac{pi^2}2-piarccosfrac{a}2$$
$endgroup$
– clathratus
2 days ago
$begingroup$
@Fabio one can actually generalize this method to see that $$int_0^1logbigg(frac{x^2+ax+1}{x^2-ax+1}bigg)frac{mathrm{d}x}{x}=frac{pi^2}2-piarccosfrac{a}2$$
$endgroup$
– clathratus
2 days ago
$begingroup$
I didn't noticed, besides allow to give a more elegant answer I guess this will be quite useful in the future, thanks for the observation
$endgroup$
– Fabio
2 days ago
$begingroup$
I didn't noticed, besides allow to give a more elegant answer I guess this will be quite useful in the future, thanks for the observation
$endgroup$
– Fabio
2 days ago
add a comment |
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Let us consider that for any $alphain S^1$
$$ int_{0}^{1}frac{log(1-alpha x)}{x},dx = -sum_{ngeq 1}int_{0}^{1}frac{alpha^n x^{n}}{nx},dx=-sum_{ngeq 1}frac{alpha^n}{n^2}=-text{Li}_2(alpha) $$
and by setting $zeta=expleft(frac{2pi i}{12}right)$ we have
$$ int_{0}^{1}logleft(frac{1-sqrt{3}x+x^2}{1+sqrt{3}x+x^2}right),frac{dx}{x}=int_{0}^{1}left[log(1-zeta x)+log(1-zeta^{11} x)-log(1-zeta^5 x)-log(1-zeta^7 x)right]frac{dx}{x} $$
hence your integral equals
$$ text{Li}_2(zeta)+text{Li}_2(zeta^{11})-text{Li}_2(zeta^5)-text{Li}_2(zeta^7)=2text{Re},text{Li}_2(zeta)-2text{Re},text{Li}_2(zeta^5). $$
Last trick: $text{Re},text{Li}_2(e^{itheta})$ is an elementary function, since it is the formal primitive of the sawtooth wave $sum_{ngeq 1}frac{sin(nx)}{n}$ (piecewise-linear), hence a periodic and piecewise-parabolic function. Putting everything together, the outcome is simply $2zeta(2)=frac{pi^2}{3}$.
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That's impressive! But i don't understand some things sorry for the ignorance: what's the set $S^1$?
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– Fabio
Jan 7 at 13:31
1
$begingroup$
@Fabio: the unit circle centered at the origin of the complex plane.
$endgroup$
– Jack D'Aurizio
Jan 7 at 13:52
add a comment |
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Let us consider that for any $alphain S^1$
$$ int_{0}^{1}frac{log(1-alpha x)}{x},dx = -sum_{ngeq 1}int_{0}^{1}frac{alpha^n x^{n}}{nx},dx=-sum_{ngeq 1}frac{alpha^n}{n^2}=-text{Li}_2(alpha) $$
and by setting $zeta=expleft(frac{2pi i}{12}right)$ we have
$$ int_{0}^{1}logleft(frac{1-sqrt{3}x+x^2}{1+sqrt{3}x+x^2}right),frac{dx}{x}=int_{0}^{1}left[log(1-zeta x)+log(1-zeta^{11} x)-log(1-zeta^5 x)-log(1-zeta^7 x)right]frac{dx}{x} $$
hence your integral equals
$$ text{Li}_2(zeta)+text{Li}_2(zeta^{11})-text{Li}_2(zeta^5)-text{Li}_2(zeta^7)=2text{Re},text{Li}_2(zeta)-2text{Re},text{Li}_2(zeta^5). $$
Last trick: $text{Re},text{Li}_2(e^{itheta})$ is an elementary function, since it is the formal primitive of the sawtooth wave $sum_{ngeq 1}frac{sin(nx)}{n}$ (piecewise-linear), hence a periodic and piecewise-parabolic function. Putting everything together, the outcome is simply $2zeta(2)=frac{pi^2}{3}$.
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$begingroup$
That's impressive! But i don't understand some things sorry for the ignorance: what's the set $S^1$?
$endgroup$
– Fabio
Jan 7 at 13:31
1
$begingroup$
@Fabio: the unit circle centered at the origin of the complex plane.
$endgroup$
– Jack D'Aurizio
Jan 7 at 13:52
add a comment |
$begingroup$
Let us consider that for any $alphain S^1$
$$ int_{0}^{1}frac{log(1-alpha x)}{x},dx = -sum_{ngeq 1}int_{0}^{1}frac{alpha^n x^{n}}{nx},dx=-sum_{ngeq 1}frac{alpha^n}{n^2}=-text{Li}_2(alpha) $$
and by setting $zeta=expleft(frac{2pi i}{12}right)$ we have
$$ int_{0}^{1}logleft(frac{1-sqrt{3}x+x^2}{1+sqrt{3}x+x^2}right),frac{dx}{x}=int_{0}^{1}left[log(1-zeta x)+log(1-zeta^{11} x)-log(1-zeta^5 x)-log(1-zeta^7 x)right]frac{dx}{x} $$
hence your integral equals
$$ text{Li}_2(zeta)+text{Li}_2(zeta^{11})-text{Li}_2(zeta^5)-text{Li}_2(zeta^7)=2text{Re},text{Li}_2(zeta)-2text{Re},text{Li}_2(zeta^5). $$
Last trick: $text{Re},text{Li}_2(e^{itheta})$ is an elementary function, since it is the formal primitive of the sawtooth wave $sum_{ngeq 1}frac{sin(nx)}{n}$ (piecewise-linear), hence a periodic and piecewise-parabolic function. Putting everything together, the outcome is simply $2zeta(2)=frac{pi^2}{3}$.
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Let us consider that for any $alphain S^1$
$$ int_{0}^{1}frac{log(1-alpha x)}{x},dx = -sum_{ngeq 1}int_{0}^{1}frac{alpha^n x^{n}}{nx},dx=-sum_{ngeq 1}frac{alpha^n}{n^2}=-text{Li}_2(alpha) $$
and by setting $zeta=expleft(frac{2pi i}{12}right)$ we have
$$ int_{0}^{1}logleft(frac{1-sqrt{3}x+x^2}{1+sqrt{3}x+x^2}right),frac{dx}{x}=int_{0}^{1}left[log(1-zeta x)+log(1-zeta^{11} x)-log(1-zeta^5 x)-log(1-zeta^7 x)right]frac{dx}{x} $$
hence your integral equals
$$ text{Li}_2(zeta)+text{Li}_2(zeta^{11})-text{Li}_2(zeta^5)-text{Li}_2(zeta^7)=2text{Re},text{Li}_2(zeta)-2text{Re},text{Li}_2(zeta^5). $$
Last trick: $text{Re},text{Li}_2(e^{itheta})$ is an elementary function, since it is the formal primitive of the sawtooth wave $sum_{ngeq 1}frac{sin(nx)}{n}$ (piecewise-linear), hence a periodic and piecewise-parabolic function. Putting everything together, the outcome is simply $2zeta(2)=frac{pi^2}{3}$.
edited Jan 7 at 18:21
answered Jan 7 at 13:25
Jack D'AurizioJack D'Aurizio
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That's impressive! But i don't understand some things sorry for the ignorance: what's the set $S^1$?
$endgroup$
– Fabio
Jan 7 at 13:31
1
$begingroup$
@Fabio: the unit circle centered at the origin of the complex plane.
$endgroup$
– Jack D'Aurizio
Jan 7 at 13:52
add a comment |
$begingroup$
That's impressive! But i don't understand some things sorry for the ignorance: what's the set $S^1$?
$endgroup$
– Fabio
Jan 7 at 13:31
1
$begingroup$
@Fabio: the unit circle centered at the origin of the complex plane.
$endgroup$
– Jack D'Aurizio
Jan 7 at 13:52
$begingroup$
That's impressive! But i don't understand some things sorry for the ignorance: what's the set $S^1$?
$endgroup$
– Fabio
Jan 7 at 13:31
$begingroup$
That's impressive! But i don't understand some things sorry for the ignorance: what's the set $S^1$?
$endgroup$
– Fabio
Jan 7 at 13:31
1
1
$begingroup$
@Fabio: the unit circle centered at the origin of the complex plane.
$endgroup$
– Jack D'Aurizio
Jan 7 at 13:52
$begingroup$
@Fabio: the unit circle centered at the origin of the complex plane.
$endgroup$
– Jack D'Aurizio
Jan 7 at 13:52
add a comment |
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