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..2*Pi/3} log(3*sin(x/2))^2 dx.
Equals (1/162)*(-4*Pi^3 + 324*Im(PolyLog(3, 1 - (-1)^(2/3))) - 108*Pi*log(3/2)^2 + 27*Pi*log(3)^2 + 12*sqrt(3)*Pi^2*log(27/4) - 18*sqrt(3)*log(27/4)*PolyGamma(1, 2/3)). (This formula was suggested by Mathematica.)
EXAMPLE
-1.9403919820720596979364925591310637161191841878362545269432607629448...
MATHEMATICA
RealDigits[(1/162)*(-4*Pi^3 + 324*Im[PolyLog[3, 1 - (-1)^(2/3)]] - 108*Pi*Log[3/2]^2 + 27*Pi*Log[3]^2 + 12*Sqrt[3]*Pi^2*Log[27/4] - 18*Sqrt[3]*Log[27/4]*PolyGamma[1, 2/3]), 10, 105] // First
PROG
(PARI) -intnum(x = 0, 2*Pi/3, log(3*sin(x/2))^2) \\ Amiram Eldar, Jun 29 2026
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AUTHOR
Detlef Meya, Dec 19 2024
STATUS
approved
