I want to evaluate the following integral:
∫∞0ln2xx2−x+1dx
I use the following contour in order to integrate.
I considered the function f(z)=ln3zz2−z+1.
The poles of the function are z1=1+i√32,z2=1−i√32 and these are simple poles. I evaluated the residues Res(z1)=Res(z2)=−iπ29√3.
If we declare γ the entire contour , we have that:
∮γf(z)dz=2πi∑res=2πi(−2iπ29√3)=4π39√3
I splitted the contour apart and I got:
∮γf(z)dz=∫Cr+∫S1+∫Cϵ+∫S2
where S1 is the segment from R to ϵ and S2 is the segment from ϵ to R. I proved that the other two line integrals vanish when R→+∞,ϵ→0 respectively.
And this is where I get stuck. Well, letting R→+∞ this gives me that:
∫γf(z)dz=∫0∞f(z)dz+∫∞0f(z)dz=∫∞0−∫∞0
I set z=−x−iϵ at the second one and at the first one z=−x+iϵ but I cannot seem to finish up the problem and get the correct result.
Answer
On S2 you get
∫∞0ln3xx2−x+1dx
and on S1
−∫∞0(lnx+2πi)3x2−x+1dx.
Adding the two you get
∫∞0−6πiln2x+4π2lnx+8π3ix2−x+1dx.
Take the imaginary part, and all you have to do to finish things off is to compute
∫∞01x2−x+1dx
either with freshman calculus techniques or using residues if you prefer.
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