Determine if integral$\int_{0}^{1} \dfrac{\ln(x)}{x^p} dx$ with parameter $p$ is convergent or divergent

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I want to determine when the integral $$\int_{0}^{1} \dfrac{\ln(x)}{x^p} dx$$ is convergent or divergent depending on $p$.

I tried applying comparison test:

$$\int_{0}^{1} \dfrac{\ln(x)}{x^p}dx < \int_{0}^{1} \dfrac{x}{x^p}dx = \int_{0}^{1} \dfrac{1}{x^{p-1}}dx$$

So: $$ \lim_{b\to0} \int_{b}^{1} \dfrac{1}{x^{p-1}}dx = \lim_{b\to0} \left(\dfrac{1}{2-p} - \frac{b^{2-p}}{2 - p}\right)$$

That means when $p < 2$ the integral converges.

If I assume $p < 0$ I seem to be able to calculate the integral's value:

$$\int_{0}^{1} \ln(x)\cdot x^{-p} dx = \ln(x)\cdot \left.\frac{x^{1-p}}{1-p} \right|_0^1 - \int_{0}^{1} \dfrac{1}{x}\cdot \dfrac{x^{1-p}}{1-p} dx$$

But what I got is not full range. How to get other values? Thanks in advance.

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No, it is incorrect.

$$\int_{0}^{1} \frac{\ln(x)}{x^p}dx < \int_{0}^{1} \frac{x}{x^p}dx = \int_{0}^{1} \frac{1}{x^{p-1}}dx$$

Note this upper bound is useless. Since $\int_{0}^{1} \frac{\ln(x)}{x^p}dx<0$, you need to determine in what case the integral will converge, or diverge to $-\infty$, hence your upper bound has no help on this.

Instead of considering this integral with a negative value, we can do the substitution $x=1/t$, then we get

$$\int_{0}^{1} \frac{\ln(x)}{x^p}dx =-\int_1^\infty \frac{\ln t}{t^{2-p}}~dt$$

It is easy to see the RHS integral is convergent when $2-p>1$, hence $p<1$