Can this relation between the Merten's function be simplified?

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Can this relationship be simplified further? $ \def\lf{\left\lfloor} \def\rf{\right\rfloor} $

$$ \sum_{i=1}^n \mu(i)(\lf \frac{n}{i}\rf \ln(\lf \frac{n}{i}\rf + 1) + \frac{1}{2}\ln(\lf \frac{n}{i}\rf + 1) + \lf \frac{n}{i} \rf \ln(i) + \int_0^\infty \frac{2 \tan^{-1}(t/(\lf \frac{n}{i}\rf + 1))}{e^{2 \pi t} -1}dt)=1 +(1-\frac{1}{2}\ln(2 \pi)) M(n) $$

Derivation

Using the Mobius inversion formula on the factorial function and the floor function I obtained the following identity: $$ \prod_{i=1}^n (i^{\lf \frac{n}{i} \rf} \lf \frac{n}{i}\rf !)^{\mu(i)} = 1$$

$$ \implies \sum_{i=1}^n \mu(i)(\ln\lf \frac{n}{i}\rf ! + \lf \frac{n}{i} \rf \ln(i)) =0 $$

$$ \implies \sum_{i=1}^n \mu(i)(\ln\Gamma(\lf \frac{n}{i}\rf + 1) + \lf \frac{n}{i} \rf \ln(i)) =0 $$

Using Stirling's formula

$$ \implies \sum_{i=1}^n \mu(i)(\lf \frac{n}{i}\rf + 1)(\ln(\lf \frac{n}{i}\rf + 1) -(\lf \frac{n}{i}\rf + 1) +\frac{1}{2}\ln(2 \pi)- \frac{1}{2}\ln((\lf \frac{n}{i}\rf + 1) + \lf \frac{n}{i} \rf \ln(i)) + \int_0^\infty \frac{2 \tan^{-1}(t/(\lf \frac{n}{i}\rf + 1))}{e^{2 \pi t} -1})=0 $$

Expanding terms and using the mobius inversion formula on $ \sum 1 = n \implies \sum \mu(i) \lf \frac{n}{i}\rf = 1 $

Where $M(n)$ is the Mertens function:

$$ \implies \sum_{i=1}^n \mu(i)(\lf \frac{n}{i}\rf \ln(\lf \frac{n}{i}\rf + 1) + \frac{1}{2}\ln(\lf \frac{n}{i}\rf + 1) + \lf \frac{n}{i} \rf \ln(i) + \int_0^\infty \frac{2 \tan^{-1}(t/(\lf \frac{n}{i}\rf + 1))}{e^{2 \pi t} -1}dt)=1 +(1-\frac{1}{2}\ln(2 \pi)) M(n) $$

P.S: I'm only a physics undergraduate