Integrate the following using INFINITE SERIES (no binomial please)?

ln(1+x2)xwdx

1 Answer
May 12, 2018

ln(1+x2)xw=C+n=0(1)nn+1x2n+3w2n+3w

Explanation:

Using the MacLaurin expansion of:

ln(1+t)=n=0(1)ntn+1n+1

let: t=x2: to get

ln(1+x2)=n=0(1)nx2n+2n+1

then divide by xw and integrate term by term:

ln(1+x2)xw=n=0(1)nx2n+2wn+1

ln(1+x2)xw=n=0(1)nn+1x2n+2wdx

ln(1+x2)xw=C+n=0(1)nn+1x2n+3w2n+3w

The series has radius of convergence at least equal to the original series R=1, but has sense only if for every n:

2n+3w0

2n+3w

thus w cannot be an odd integer number except for w=1.