Here is an integral I am really stuck at. I am pretty sure that a general closed form of the integral:
J=∫π/20lnntanxdx,n∈N
exists. Well if n is odd , then the integral is obviously zero due to symmetry. On the contrary if n is even then the closed form I seek must contain the beta dirichlet function however I am unable to reach it. Setting m=2n then:
∫π/20lnmtanxdx=∫∞0lnmuu2+1du=2∫10lnmuu2+1du
If we expand the denominator in a Taylor series, namely 1+x2=∞∑n=0(−1)nxn then the last integral is written as:
2∫10lnmx∞∑n=0(−1)nxndx=2∞∑n=0(−1)n∫10xnlnmxdx=2∞∑n=0(−1)n(−1)mm!(n+1)m+1=2(−1)mm!∞∑n=0(−1)n(n+1)m+1
Apparently there is something wrong here. I used the result
∫10xmlnnxdx=(−1)nn!(m+1)n+1
as presented here.
Edit/ Update: A conjecture of mine is that the closed form actually is:
∫π/20lnmtanxdx=2m!β(m+1),meven
For m=2 matches the result ∫π/20ln2tanxdx=π38.
Answer
We want to compute:
Im=∫π/20(logtanx)2mdx=∫10(logt)2m1+t2dt=∑k≥0(−1)k∫10t2k(logt)2mdt
that is:
Im=(2m)!∑k≥02(−1)k(2k+1)2m+1=|E2m|⋅(π2)2m+1.
The last identity was already proved here.
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