Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4673034 | Indagationes Mathematicae | 2012 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
Among the several proofs known for ∑n=1∞1/n2=π2/6, the one given by Beukers, Calabi, and Kolk involves the evaluation of ∫01∫011/(1−x2y2)dxdy. It starts by showing that this double integral is equivalent to 34∑n=1∞1/n2, and then a non-trivial trigonometric change of variables is applied which transforms that integral into ∫∫T1dudv, where TT is a triangular domain whose area is simply π2/8π2/8. 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 ∫0∞[sinh−1(coshu)−u]du, ∫α∞[u−cosh−1(sinhu)]du, and ∫α/2∞ln(tanhu)du, where α=sinh−1(1)α=sinh−1(1). From the latter integral, I also derive a two-term dilogarithm identity.
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Authors
F.M.S. Lima,