What is the nature of this improper integral?

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Consider this improper integral of first kind: $$\int_0^{+\infty}{\frac{t\ln t}{{(t^2+1)}^{\alpha}}}\,{dt}, \quad \alpha\in\mathbb R$$

Its required to find the nature of this improper integral. We know that the problem of this integral is only at $+\infty$ so we must study it in that neighborhood.

Ok so $t^2+1 \equiv t^2$ thus $(f(t)=\frac{t\ln t}{{(t^2+1)}^{\alpha}}) \equiv t^{1-2\alpha}\ln t$ and from here i tried to make the quotient test but didn't have a result, i had the problem even more complicated.(note:when using the quotient test we take the absolute value of $f$ because the functions must be positive)

How should I proceed from here?

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If $a \le 1$, then your estimates give that the integrand is greater than

$$t^{1 - 2\alpha} \ge t^{-1}$$

and the integral is divergent.

If $a > 1$, then estimate the logarithm away with a very small power of $t$ - for example, adjusting the constants carefully yields for any $\beta > 0$ the estimate

$$\ln t < C t^{\beta}$$

where $C$ depends on $\beta$. Then

$$t^{1 - 2\alpha} \ln t < C t^{1 - 2\alpha + \beta}$$

Now if $\beta$ is sufficiently small, the overall exponent is less than $-1$, and we have convergence.