What is the integral of [ln(lnx)]/[x] dx?

1 Answer
Apr 26, 2015

I got:

lnx*ln(lnx) - lnx + C


f(x) = ln(lnx)/x

Now we can do some unusual substitution...

First, recognize that d(lnx) = 1/xdx. Then, realize that 1/xdx is in there. So, we have:

f(u) = ln(u)du
where u = lnx and du = 1/xdx.

Further considerations lead to using integration by parts on int lnudu. Let:

s = lnu
ds = 1/udu
dt = du
t = u

intln(u)du

= st - int tds

= u*lnu - int u*1/udu

= u*lnu - u

= color(blue)(lnx*ln(lnx) - lnx + C)