OFFSET
0,3
REFERENCES
Ovidiu Furdui, Limits, Series, and Fractional Part Integrals: Problems in Mathematical Analysis, New York: Springer, 2013. See section 2.11, page 101.
LINKS
Ovidiu Furdui, A class of fractional part integrals and zeta function values, Integral Transforms and Special Functions, Vol. 24, No. 6 (2013), pp. 485-490.
FORMULA
Equals -zeta(2) + 3*gamma + 36*log(A) - 6*log(2*Pi) + 2, where gamma is Euler's constant and A is the Glaisher-Kinkelin constant.
In general, for m >= 2, Integral_{x=0..1} {1/x}^m * {1/(1-x)}^m dx = 2 * (Sum_{j=2..m-1} (-1)^(m+j-1) * (zeta(j)-1)) + (-1)^m - (2*m) * Sum_{k>=0} (zeta(2*k+m) - zeta(2*k+m+1))/(k+m) (note that the first sum vanishes when m = 2).
EXAMPLE
0.01461170261653269568427203547387356507606811502683...
MATHEMATICA
RealDigits[-Zeta[2] + 3*EulerGamma + 36*Log[Glaisher] - 6*Log[2*Pi] + 2, 10, 120, -1][[1]]
PROG
(PARI) -zeta(2) + 3*Euler + 36*(1/12-zeta'(-1)) - 6*log(2*Pi) + 2
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,cons
AUTHOR
Amiram Eldar, Jul 31 2025
STATUS
approved
