OFFSET
1,2
LINKS
Jonathan M. Borwein and Armin Straub, Special values of generalized log-sine integrals, ISSAC '11: Proceedings of the 36th international symposium on Symbolic and algebraic computation, 2011, pp. 43-50; alternative link.
Armin Straub, A Mathematica package for evaluating log-sine integrals.
FORMULA
Equals -Integral_{0..Pi/3} log(3*sin(x/2))^2 dx.
Equals -((7*Pi^3)/108) - (2*Pi^2*log(3/2))/(3*sqrt(3)) - (1/3)*Pi*log(2)^2 + (2/3)*Pi*log(2)*log(3) - (1/3)*Pi*log(3)^2 + (log(3/2)*PolyGamma(1, 1/3))/sqrt(3). (This formula was suggested by Mathematica.)
EXAMPLE
-1.3587805883266742456054317574967336704631556699546811878188991347065...
MAPLE
Digits:= 106: evalf(Int(log(3*sin(x/2))^2, x = 0..Pi/3)); # Peter Luschny, Dec 16 2024
MATHEMATICA
RealDigits[-((7*Pi^3)/108) - (2*Pi^2*Log[3/2])/(3*Sqrt[3]) - (1/3)*Pi* Log[2]^2 + (2/3)*Pi*Log[2]*Log[3] - (1/3)*Pi*Log[3]^2 + (Log[3/2]*PolyGamma[1, 1/3])/Sqrt[3], 10, 105] // First
PROG
(PARI) -intnum(x = 0, Pi/3, log(3*sin(x/2))^2) \\ Amiram Eldar, Jun 29 2026
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AUTHOR
Detlef Meya, Dec 14 2024
STATUS
approved
