Wolfram Alpha evaluates this integral numerically as
∫∞0x2cosh2(x2)dx=0.379064…
Its value is apparently
√2−24√π ζ(12)=0.37906401072…
How would you solve this integral?
Obviously, we can make a substitution t=x2
∫∞0x2cosh2(x2)dx=12∫∞0√tcosh2(t)dt=∫∞0√tcosh(2t)+1dt=12√2∫∞0√ucosh(u)+1du
We could use geometric series since cosh(u)≥1, but I don't know how it will help.
Answer
I=12√2∫+∞0√udu1+cosh(u)=1√2∫+∞1√logv(v+1)2dv=1√2∫10√−logv(1+v)2dv
but since
∫10vk√−logvdv=√π2(1+k)3/2
by expanding 1(1+v)2 as a Taylor series we get:
I=1√2∑n≥0(−1)n(n+1)√π2(1+n)3/2=√π2√2⋅η(12)
and the claim follows from the well-known:
η(s)=(1−21−s)ζ(s)
that gives an analytic continuation for the ζ function.
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