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0 1 ln x + 1 x 2 + 1 dx = ?

we substitute

x = tan t = sin t cos t
dx = cos t · cos t + sin t · sin t cos 2 t = 1 cos 2 t = sec 2 t dt

Also
note that

tan 2 t + 1 = sin 2 t cos 2 t + 1 = sec 2 t

After substituting new variable and change integral bounds accordingly we have

0 π 4 ln tan t + 1 tan 2 t + 1 · sec 2 t dt = 0 π 4 ln tan t + 1

So now, how can we solve this integral?

If we have an integral in general we have following identity

0 a f x dx = 0 a f a - x dx

which can be shown by changing variable x= a-u and rename the variable to × again

0 π 4 ln tan t + 1 = 0 π 4 ln tan π 4 - t + 1

Now, we have

tan π 4 - t = tan π 4 - tan t 1 + tan π 4 · tan t = 1 - tan t 1 + tan t

we can
do the
summation

0 π 4 ln 1 - tan t 1 + tan t + 1 dt = 0 π 4 ln 2 1 + tan t dt = 0 π 4 ln 2 dt - 0 π / 4 ln tan t + 1 dt
0 π / 4 ln tan t + 1 dt = 0 1 ln x + 1 x 2 + 1 dx

Remember this was
the integral we started
with so finally

0 1 ln x + 1 x 2 + 1 dx = ln 2 · π 4 2 = ln 2. π 8

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