Asymptotic formula for sums related to primes

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Suppose $0 < \alpha < 1$. What is the asymptotic formula for the sum $$\displaystyle \sum_{p \leq x} \frac{\log p}{p^\alpha}?$$

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We write this as

$$\sum_{p\le x}{\log n\over n^\alpha}\cdot 1_p$$

From here we use partial summation to get

$$\pi(x){\log x\over x^\alpha}-\int_1^x\pi(t){1-\alpha \log t\over t^{1+\alpha}}\,dt$$

using the PNT and monotonicity of the integral, this is asymptotic to

$$x^{1-\alpha}-\int_1^x {1-\alpha\log t\over t^\alpha\log t}\,dt$$

This gives

$$x^{1-\alpha}-\int_1^x{dt\over t^\alpha\log t}+\alpha\int_1^xt^{-\alpha}\,dt$$

which is easily computed to give

$$\left(1+{\alpha\over 1-\alpha}\right)x^{1-\alpha}+o(x^{1-\alpha})$$