New definite integrals and a two-term dilogarithm identity
Classical Analysis and ODEs
2015-03-13 v3 Number Theory
Abstract
Among the several proofs known for , the one by Beukers, Calabi, and Kolk involves the evaluation of . It starts by showing that this double integral is equivalent to , and then a non-trivial \emph{trigonometric} change of variables is applied which transforms that integral into , where is a triangular domain whose area is simply . 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 , , and , where . From the latter integral, I also derive a two-term dilogarithm identity.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1003.2170,
title = {New definite integrals and a two-term dilogarithm identity},
author = {F. M. S. Lima},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1003.2170},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
10 pages, 1 figure. Accepted for publication: Indagat. Mathematicae (08/29/2011)