Showing $\frac{\log(x)}{1+x^2}$ is Lebesgue integrable

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I have calculated the integral: $\int_0^\infty \frac{\log(x)}{1+x^2} dx$ using a contour integral. However I was wondering how we would show that this is Lebesgue integrable. I have thought about splitting the domain up between $[0,1]$ and then $[1,\infty]$ but the best I can do is get $\frac{\log(x)}{1+x^2} < \frac{1}{1+x}$ which isn't really helpful because this is not integrable either!

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Splitting the domain is a viable approach. Note that $\int_1^\infty\frac{log(x)}{1+x^2}dx = -\int_0^1\frac{log(z)}{1+z^2}dz$ using the change-of-variables $z = 1/x$.

Hence, the improper integral over $[0,\infty]$, if it exists, must equal $0$.

For $x > 1$, we have $\frac{log(x)}{1+x^2} < \frac{log(x)}{x^2}$ and it can be shown directly using integration-by-parts that $\int_1^\infty\frac{log(x)}{x^2}dx = 1$. By comparison, $\int_1^\infty\frac{log(x)}{1+x^2}dx < 1$.