OFFSET
0,1
LINKS
Ovidiu Furdui, Exotic fractional part integrals and Euler's constant, Analysis, Vol. 31 (2011), pp. 249-257.
Huizeng Qin and Youmin Lu, Integrals of Fractional Parts and Some New Identities on Bernoulli Numbers, Int. J. Contemp. Math. Sciences, Vol. 6, No. 15 (2011), pp. 745-761. See eq. (3.1). Note that this equation has an error, 3/2 instead of 5/2.
FORMULA
Equals 5/2 - log(2) - gamma - Pi^2/12.
For m >= 3, Integral_{x=0..1} Integral_{y=0..1} {1/(x+y)}^m dx dy = (2^(2-m) + m - 3)/((m-1)*(m-2)) + (m!/2) * Sum_{j>=1} ((j+1)!/(m+j)!) * (zeta(j+2) - 1).
EXAMPLE
0.40717012111440861174004820513640840627286557909642...
MATHEMATICA
RealDigits[5/2 - Log[2] - EulerGamma - Pi^2/12, 10, 120][[1]]
PROG
(PARI) 5/2 - log(2) - Euler - Pi^2/12
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,cons
AUTHOR
Amiram Eldar, Aug 01 2025
STATUS
approved
