OFFSET
0,1
REFERENCES
George Boros and Victor H. Moll, Irresistible integrals, Cambridge University Press (2006), p. 122.
LINKS
Chenli Li, Wenchang Chu, Improper integrals involving powers of Inverse Trigonometric and hyperbolic Functions, Mathematics 10 (16) (2022) 2980
D. Cvijovic, H. M. Srivastava, Evaluations of some classes of the trigonometric moment intgrals, J. Math. Anal. Applic. 351 (2009) 244-256, example set 1.
J. C. Tanner, The Proportion of Quadrilaterals Formed by Random Lines in a Plane, Journal of Applied Probability, Vol. 20, No. 2 (Jun., 1983), pp. 400-404.
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FORMULA
Equals 1/8*(Pi^2*log(4) - 7*zeta(3)).
Also equals Sum_{n>=1} 4^(n-1)/(n^3*binomial(2*n, n)).
Also equals 1/2*hypergeometric4F3([1, 1, 1, 1], [3/2, 2, 2], 1).
Also equals Integral_{x=0..Pi/2} x^2*cot(x) dx. - Michel Marcus, Aug 29 2015
EXAMPLE
0.65847232569963413648709889716600527590558175624904185726279535120517...
MATHEMATICA
1/8*(Pi^2*Log[4] - 7*Zeta[3]) // RealDigits[#, 10, 100]& // First
PROG
(PARI) (Pi^2*log(4) - 7*zeta(3))/8 \\ Michel Marcus, Sep 04 2015
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KEYWORD
AUTHOR
Jean-François Alcover, Apr 29 2013
STATUS
approved