On an integral representation of special values of the zeta function at odd integers (Q2501655)

The author derives for the Riemann zeta function \(\zeta(s)\) the formula \[ \zeta(2p+1) = (-1)^p{{(2\pi)^{2p}}\over{(2p)!}}\int_0^1 B_{2p}(t)\log(\sin \pi t)\,dt \quad (p=1,2,\dots), \] where \(B_{2p}(t)\) is the Bernoulli polynomial of degree \(2p\). He uses the functions \(\widetilde{B}_p(x)\) defined on the real line as the periodic functions with period 1 so that \(\widetilde{B}_p(x)=B_p(x)\) for \(0 \leq x < 1\). The result is obtained on considering the Fourier series expansions and the convolutions of these functions. Another interesting expression for \(\zeta(2p+1)\) follows from the observation that the integral in the formula above equals \(2\sum_{k=0}^p {{2p}\choose{2k}}B_{2p-2k}({1\over 2})b_{2k}\), where \(b_{2k}\) is the \(2k\)th moment of \(\log(\cos \pi t)\) over the interval \([0,\,{1\over 2}]\).