special functions - An integral involving Fresnel integrals $int_0^infty left(left(2 S(x)-1right)^2+left(2 C(x)-1right)^2right)^2 x mathrm dx,$

I need to calculate the following integral:
$$\int_0^\infty \left(\left(2\ S(x)-1\right)^2+\left(2\ C(x)-1\right)^2\right)^2 x\ \mathrm dx,$$
where
$$S(x)=\int_0^x\sin\frac{\pi z^2}{2}\mathrm dz,$$
$$C(x)=\int_0^x\cos\frac{\pi z^2}{2}\mathrm dz$$
are the Fresnel integrals.

Numerical integration gives an approximate result $0.31311841522422385...$ that is close to $\frac{16\log2-8}{\pi^2}$, so it might be the answer.

Answer

Step 1. Reduction of the integral

Let $I$ denote the integral in question. With the change of variable $v = \frac{\pi x^2}{2}$, we have

$$I = \frac{1}{\pi} \int_{0}^{\infty} \left\{ (1 - 2 C(x) )^{2} + (1 - 2S(x))^{2} \right\}^{2} \, dv$$

where $x = \sqrt{2v / \pi}$ is understood as a function of $v$. By noting that

$$1-2 S(x) = \sqrt{\frac{2}{\pi}} \int_{v}^{\infty} \frac{\sin u}{\sqrt{u}} \, du \quad \text{and} \quad 1-2 C(x) = \sqrt{\frac{2}{\pi}} \int_{v}^{\infty} \frac{\cos u}{\sqrt{u}} \, du,$$

we can write $I$ as

$$I = \frac{4}{\pi^{3}} \int_{0}^{\infty} \left| A(v) \right|^{4} \, dv \tag{1}$$

where $A(v)$ denotes the function defined by

$$A(v) = \int_{v}^{\infty} \frac{e^{iu}}{\sqrt{u}} \, du.$$

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Step 2. Simplification of $\left| A(v) \right|^2$.

Now we want to simplify $\left| A(v) \right|^2$. To this end, we note that for $\Re u > 0$,

$$\frac{1}{\sqrt{u}} = \frac{1}{\Gamma\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)} \frac{\Gamma\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)}{u^{1/2}} = \frac{1}{\sqrt{\pi}} \int_{0}^{\infty} \frac{e^{-ux}}{\sqrt{x}} \, dx = \frac{2}{\sqrt{\pi}} \int_{0}^{\infty} e^{-ux^{2}} \, dx \tag{2}$$

Using this identity,

$$\begin{align*} A(v) &= \frac{2}{\sqrt{\pi}} \int_{v}^{\infty} e^{iu} \int_{0}^{\infty} e^{-u x^2} \, dx du = \frac{2}{\sqrt{\pi}} \int_{0}^{\infty} \int_{v}^{\infty} e^{-(x^2-i)u} \, du dx \\ &= \frac{2 e^{iv}}{\sqrt{\pi}} \int_{0}^{\infty} e^{-v x^2} \int_{0}^{\infty} e^{-(x^2-i)u} \, du dx = \frac{2 e^{iv}}{\sqrt{\pi}} \int_{0}^{\infty} \frac{e^{-v x^2}}{x^2-i} \, dx. \end{align*}$$

Thus by the polar coordinate change $(x, y) \mapsto (r, \theta)$ followed by the substitutions $r^2 = s$ and $\tan \theta = t$, we obtain

$$\begin{align*} \left| A(v) \right|^2 &= A(v) \overline{A(v)} = \frac{4}{\pi} \int_{0}^{\infty} \int_{0}^{\infty} \frac{e^{-v (x^2+y^2)}}{(x^2-i)(y^2 + i)} \, dxdy \\ &= \frac{4}{\pi} \int_{0}^{\infty} \int_{0}^{\frac{\pi}{2}} \frac{r e^{-v r^2}}{(r^2 \cos^{2}\theta-i)(r^2 \sin^{2}\theta + i)} \, d\theta dr \\ &= \frac{2}{\pi} \int_{0}^{\infty} \int_{0}^{\frac{\pi}{2}} \frac{e^{-v s}}{(s \cos^{2}\theta-i)(s \sin^{2}\theta + i)} \, d\theta ds \\ &= \frac{2}{\pi} \int_{0}^{\infty} \frac{e^{-v s}}{s} \int_{0}^{\frac{\pi}{2}} \left( \frac{1}{s \cos^{2}\theta-i} + \frac{1}{s \sin^{2}\theta + i} \right) \, d\theta ds \\ &= \frac{2}{\pi} \int_{0}^{\infty} \frac{e^{-v s}}{s} \int_{0}^{\infty} \left( \frac{1}{s -i(t^2 + 1)} + \frac{1}{s t^2 + i (t^2 + 1)} \right) \, dt ds. \end{align*}$$

Evaluation of the inner integral is easy, and we obtain

$$\begin{align*} \left| A(v) \right|^2 &= 2 \int_{0}^{\infty} \frac{e^{-v s}}{s} \Re \left( \frac{i}{\sqrt{1 + is}} \right) \, ds. \end{align*}$$

Applying $(2)$ again, we find that

$$\begin{align*} \left| A(v) \right|^2 &= 2 \int_{0}^{\infty} \frac{e^{-v s}}{s} \Re \left( \frac{i}{\sqrt{\pi}} \int_{0}^{\infty} \frac{e^{-(1+is)u}}{\sqrt{u}} \, du \right) \, ds \\ &= \frac{2}{\sqrt{\pi}} \int_{0}^{\infty} \frac{e^{-v s}}{s} \int_{0}^{\infty} \frac{e^{-u} \sin (su)}{\sqrt{u}} \, du\, ds \\ &= \frac{2}{\sqrt{\pi}} \int_{0}^{\infty} \frac{e^{-u}}{\sqrt{u}} \int_{0}^{\infty} \frac{\sin (su)}{s} \, e^{-v s} \, ds\, du \\ &= \frac{2}{\sqrt{\pi}} \int_{0}^{\infty} \frac{e^{-u}}{\sqrt{u}} \arctan \left( \frac{u}{v} \right) \, du \\ &= \frac{4\sqrt{v}}{\sqrt{\pi}} \int_{0}^{\infty} e^{-vx^{2}} \arctan (x^2) \, dx \qquad (u = vx^2) \tag{3} \end{align*}$$

Here, we exploited the identity

$$\int_{0}^{\infty} \frac{\sin x}{x} e^{-sx} \, dx = \arctan \left(\frac{1}{s}\right),$$

which can be proved by differentiating both sides with respect to $s$.

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Step 3. Evaluation of $I$.

Plugging $(3)$ to $(1)$ and applying the polar coordinate change, $I$ reduces to

$$\begin{align*} I &= \frac{64}{\pi^{4}} \int_{0}^{\infty} \int_{0}^{\infty} \int_{0}^{\infty} v e^{-v(x^{2}+y^{2})} \arctan (x^2) \arctan (x^2) \, dx dy dv \\ &= \frac{64}{\pi^{4}} \int_{0}^{\infty} \int_{0}^{\infty} \frac{\arctan (x^2) \arctan (x^2)}{(x^2 + y^2)^2} \, dx dy \\ &= \frac{64}{\pi^{4}} \int_{0}^{\frac{\pi}{2}} \int_{0}^{\infty} \frac{\arctan (r^2 \cos^2 \theta) \arctan (r^2 \sin^2 \theta)}{r^3} \, dr d\theta \\ &= \frac{32}{\pi^{4}} \int_{0}^{\frac{\pi}{2}} \int_{0}^{\infty} \frac{\arctan (s \cos^2 \theta) \arctan (s \sin^2 \theta)}{s^2} \, ds d\theta. \qquad (s = r^2) \tag{4} \end{align*}$$

Now let us denote

$$J(u, v) = \int_{0}^{\infty} \frac{\arctan (us) \arctan (vs)}{s^2} \, ds.$$

Then a simple calculation shows that

$$\frac{\partial^{2} J}{\partial u \partial v} J(u, v) = \int_{0}^{\infty} \frac{ds}{(u^2 s^2 + 1)(v^2 s^2 + 1)} = \frac{\pi}{2(u+v)}.$$

Indeed, both the contour integration method or the partial fraction decomposition method work here. Integrating, we have

$$J(u, v) = \frac{\pi}{2} \left\{ (u+v) \log(u+v) - u \log u - v \log v \right\}.$$

Plugging this to $(4)$, it follows that

$$\begin{align*} I &= -\frac{64}{\pi^{3}} \int_{0}^{\frac{\pi}{2}} \sin^2 \theta \log \sin \theta \, d\theta = -\frac{16}{\pi^{3}} \frac{\partial \beta}{\partial z}\left( \frac{3}{2}, \frac{1}{2} \right) \end{align*}$$

where $\beta(z, w)$ is the beta function, satisfying the following beta function identity

$$\beta (z, w) = 2 \int_{0}^{\infty} \sin^{2z-1}\theta \cos^{2w-1} \theta \, d\theta = \frac{\Gamma(z)\Gamma(w)}{\Gamma(z+w)}.$$

Therefore we have

$$\begin{align*} I &= \frac{16}{\pi^{3}} \frac{\Gamma\left(\frac{3}{2}\right)\Gamma\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)}{\Gamma(2)} \left\{ \psi_{0} (2) - \psi_{0} \left(\tfrac{3}{2} \right) \right\} = \frac{8}{\pi^2} \int_{0}^{1} \frac{\sqrt{x} - x}{1 - x} \, dx = \frac{8 (2 \log 2 - 1)}{\pi^2}, \end{align*}$$

where $\psi_0 (z) = \dfrac{\Gamma'(z)}{\Gamma(z)}$ is the digamma function, satisfying the following identity

$$\psi_{0}(z+1) = -\gamma + \int_{0}^{1} \frac{1 - x^{z}}{1 - x} \, dx.$$