Evaluate $\int_{0}^{1}\frac{K(x)\ln\left(1-x^2\right)}{\sqrt{1-x^2}}\text{d}x,\int_{0}^{1}\frac{xK(x)^2\ln\left(1-x^2\right)}{\sqrt{1-x^2}}\text{d}x$

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I am recently interested in integrals containing an elliptic integral $K(x)$, which is defined by $\int_{0}^{1} \frac{1}{\sqrt{1-t^2}\sqrt{1-x^2t^2} }\text{d}t$ for $|x|<1$ and $x$ is the elliptic modulus.
Then I come across the following two integrals $$ \begin{aligned} &\int_{0}^{1} \frac{K(x)\ln\left ( 1-x^2 \right ) }{ \sqrt{1-x^2} }\text{d}x=-\frac{\Gamma\left(\frac14\right)^4}{24},\\ &\int_{0}^{1} \frac{xK(x)^2\ln\left ( 1-x^2 \right ) }{ \sqrt{1-x^2} }\text{d}x=-\frac{\pi^4}{4}\,_4F_3\left ( \frac12,\frac12,\frac12,\frac12;1,1,1;1 \right ). \end{aligned} $$ by estimation. Where generalized hypergeometric function($\,_pF_q$) is used. For the first one, I write $$ \begin{aligned} \int_{0}^{1} \frac{K(x)\ln\left ( 1-x^2 \right ) }{ \sqrt{1-x^2} }\text{d}x &=\frac{\pi}{2} \frac{\mathrm{d}}{\mathrm{d}n} \frac{\sqrt{\pi}\,\Gamma\left ( \frac{n+2}{2} \right ) }{ \Gamma\left ( \frac{n+3}{2} \right ) }\,_3F_2 \left ( \frac12,\frac12,\frac12;1,\frac{3+n}{2} ;1 \right )\Bigg|_{n=-1}\\ &=\frac{\pi}{2}\left [ -\pi\ln(2)\cdot\frac{\pi}{\Gamma\left ( \frac34 \right )^2 } +\pi \frac{\mathrm{d}}{\mathrm{d} n} \,_3F_2 \left ( \frac12,\frac12,\frac12;1,\frac{3+n}{2} ;1 \right )\Bigg|_{n=-1}\right ] . \end{aligned} $$


Edit: We just need to prove $$ \,_3F_2 \left ( \frac12,\frac12,\frac12;1,\frac{3+n}{2} ;1 \right ) \Bigg|_{n=-1} =-\frac{(\pi-3\ln(2))\Gamma\left ( \frac14 \right )^4 }{12\pi^3}. $$ Or we equivalently write($H_n$ denotes harmonic numbers) $$ \sum_{n=0}^{\infty} \frac{\left ( \frac12 \right )_n^3 }{ (n!)^3}H_n=\frac{(\pi-3\ln(2))\Gamma\left ( \frac14 \right )^4 }{6\pi^3}. $$ Which has been evaluated here.


Question: Can we verify these closed-forms? Thanks for reaching my hand.

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For the first integral we can start by substituting $1-x^2\to x^2$ followed by expanding the denominator into power series. $$I=\int_0^1 \frac{K(x)\ln (1-x^2)}{\sqrt{1-x^2}}dx=2\int_0^1 \frac{K'(x)\ln x}{\sqrt{1-x^2}}dx$$ $$=2\sum_{k=0}^\infty \frac{\binom{2k}{k}}{2^{2k}}\int_0^1 x^{2k}K'(x)\ln x\,dx$$

We have: $$\int_0^1 x^{2k}K'(x)dx=\frac{\pi}{4}\frac{\Gamma\left(k+\frac12\right)^2}{\Gamma\left(k+1\right)^2}$$ $$\Rightarrow \int_0^1 x^{2k}K'(x)\ln x\,dx=\frac{\pi}{4}\frac{\Gamma\left(k+\frac12\right)^2\left(\psi\left(k+\frac12\right)-\psi\left(k+1\right)\right)}{\Gamma\left(k+1\right)^2}$$

Therefore we desire to find:

$$I=\frac{\pi^2}{2}\sum_{k=0}^\infty \frac{\binom{2k}{k}^3}{\left(2^{2k}\right)^3}\left(\psi\left(k+\frac12\right)-\psi\left(k+1\right)\right)$$ And using $(*)$ from here, gives us: $$I=-\frac{\pi^3}{6} {_2F_1}{\left( {\frac{1}{2},\frac{1}{2};1;\frac{1}{2}} \right)^2} = -\frac{\Gamma\left(\frac14\right)^4}{24}$$


Note that: $$\binom{2k}{k}=\frac{2^{2k}}{\sqrt \pi}\frac{\Gamma\left(k+\frac12\right)}{\Gamma\left(k+1\right)}$$