Can you combine integration by parts and the infinite product that satisfies the exponential and Möbius function?

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I would like to know if is it possible to combine in a nice way the infinite product that satisifies the Möbius function and the formula for "general integration by parts".

Motivation. Since one can define for each integer $k\geq 1$ and $ \left| x \right| <1$ $$f_k(x)= \left( 1-x^k \right)^{\frac{\mu(k)}{k}} ,$$ where $\mu(n)$ is the Möbius function and we know from this MSE, Really advanced techniques of integration the shape of a "formula for general integration by parts". I think that could be possible/feasible to combine this formula with the infnite product $(16)$ of previous MathWorld's article, that is the infinite product that satisfies the Möbius function to get a limit $\lim_{n\to\infty}$ from the formula of integration by parts, that provide us a statement.

Question. What could be a nice combination of previous statements? Can you provide me details and hints, or hints and your final statements? I believe that could be a nice exercise. Many thanks.

I know also that, if there are no mistakes in this calculation that $$f'_k(x)= \mu(k)\left( 1-x^k \right)^{\frac{\mu(k)}{k}}\frac{x^{k-1}}{x^k-1}. $$

Final remark. I don't know if also is possible to combine with Lambert series for the Möbius function, the Prime Number Theorem... I don't know and I am saying this as motivation, thus only is required to combine the infinite product with integration by parts.

Rerences:

Möbius, Über eine besondere Art von Umkehrung der Reihen, Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik (1832), Vol. 9, page 120.

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Please stop with those kind of questions (which doesn't mean anything, except that you didn't understand some formula and that you want to apply it anyway)

$$-\sum_{n=1}^\infty \frac{\mu(n)}{n}\log (1-x^n) = x \quad \implies \quad \prod_{n=1}^\infty (1-x^n)^{\mu(n)/n} = e^{-x}$$ is just the definition of $\mu(n)$ together with $-\log (1-x^n) = \sum_{k=1}^\infty \frac{x^{nk}}{k}$

What to say more ? You want to play with this and integration by parts ? Ok have fun, but this isn't the way you'll learn some maths.