New definite integrals and a two-term dilogarithm identity

DOI10.1016/J.INDAG.2011.08.008MaRDI QIDQ663556zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Fábio M. S. Lima

Publication date 25 February 2012

Published in Indagationes Mathematicae. New Series (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1003.2170

zbMATH Keywords

dilogarithm identities

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Evaluation of number-theoretic constants (11Y60) Higher logarithm functions (33B30)

Abstract: Among the several proofs known for $su{m}_{n=1}^{i}nfty1/n^2=p{i}^2/6$, the one by Beukers, Calabi, and Kolk involves the evaluation of $,in{t}_0^{1}in{t}_0^{1}1/(1-x^2{y}^2),dx,dy$. It starts by showing that this double integral is equivalent to $frac34su{m}_{n=1}^{i}nfty1/n^2$, and then a non-trivial emph{trigonometric} change of variables is applied which transforms that integral into $,{intint}_T:1;du,dv$, where $T$ is a triangular domain whose area is simply $p{i}^2/8$. Here in this note, I introduce a hyperbolic version of this change of variables and, by applying it to the above integral, I find exact closed-form expressions for $in{t}_0^{i}nfty[sin{h}^{-1}(coshu)-u]du$, $,in{t}_{alpha}^{i}nfty[u-cos{h}^{-1}(sinhu)]du$, and $,in{t}_{,alpha/2}^{i}nftyln(anhu):du$, where $alpha=sin{h}^{-1}(1)$. From the latter integral, I also derive a two-term dilogarithm identity.

Review text

The author derives the following closed form formula involving the dilogarithm function \(\text{Li}_2(z)=\sum_{k=1}^\infty z^k/k^2\): \[ \text{Li}_2(\sqrt{2}-1)+\text{Li}_2(1-\sqrt{2}/2)=\frac{\pi^2}{8}-\frac{1}{2}\ln^2(1+\sqrt{2})-\frac{1}{8}\ln^2 2. \]

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