1994 Paper 1 Q8

Year: 1994
Paper: 1
Question Number: 8

Course: LFM Pure
Section: Integration

Difficulty: 1516.0 Banger: 1500.8

Problem

By means of the change of variable \(\theta=\frac{1}{4}\pi-\phi,\) or otherwise, show that \[ \int_{0}^{\frac{1}{4}\pi}\ln(1+\tan\theta)\,\mathrm{d}\theta=\tfrac{1}{8}\pi\ln2. \] Evaluate \[ {\displaystyle \int_{0}^{1}\frac{\ln(1+x)}{1+x^{2}}\,\mathrm{d}x}\qquad\mbox{ and }\qquad{\displaystyle \int_{0}^{\frac{1}{2}\pi}\ln\left(\frac{1+\sin x}{1+\cos x}\right)\,\mathrm{d}x}. \]

Solution

\begin{align*} && I &= \int_0^{\frac14\pi} \ln (1 + \tan \theta) \d \theta \\ \theta = \tfrac14\pi - \phi, \d \theta = -\d\phi: &&&= \int_0^{\frac14 \pi} \ln ( 1 + \tan (\tfrac14\pi - \phi)) \d \phi \\ &&&= \int_0^{\frac14 \pi} \ln \left ( 1 + \frac{1 - \tan \phi}{1+\tan \phi} \right) \d \phi \\ &&&= \int_0^{\frac14 \pi} \ln \left ( \frac{2}{1+\tan \phi} \right) \d \phi \\ &&&= \tfrac14 \pi \ln 2 - I \\ \Rightarrow && I &= \tfrac18\pi \ln 2 \end{align*} \begin{align*} && J &= \int_0^1 \frac{\ln(1+x)}{1+x^2} \d x \\ x= \tan \theta \d \theta, \d \theta = \frac{\d x}{1+x^2} &&&= \int_0^{\frac14 \pi} \ln(1 + \tan \theta) \d \theta \\ &&&= \tfrac18 \pi \ln 2 \end{align*} \begin{align*} && K &= \int_0^{\frac12 \pi} \ln \left ( \frac{1 + \sin x}{1 + \cos x} \right) \d x \\ y = \tfrac12\pi - x, \d y = -\d x: &&&= \int_0^{\frac12\pi} \ln \left ( \frac{1+\cos y}{1+\sin y}\right) \d y \\ &&&= -K \\ \Rightarrow && K &= 0 \end{align*}
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Problem source
By means of the change of variable $\theta=\frac{1}{4}\pi-\phi,$
or otherwise, show that 
\[
\int_{0}^{\frac{1}{4}\pi}\ln(1+\tan\theta)\,\mathrm{d}\theta=\tfrac{1}{8}\pi\ln2.
\]
Evaluate 
\[
{\displaystyle \int_{0}^{1}\frac{\ln(1+x)}{1+x^{2}}\,\mathrm{d}x}\qquad\mbox{ and }\qquad{\displaystyle \int_{0}^{\frac{1}{2}\pi}\ln\left(\frac{1+\sin x}{1+\cos x}\right)\,\mathrm{d}x}.
\]
Solution source
\begin{align*}
&& I  &= \int_0^{\frac14\pi} \ln (1 + \tan \theta) \d \theta \\
\theta = \tfrac14\pi - \phi, \d \theta = -\d\phi: &&&= \int_0^{\frac14 \pi} \ln ( 1 + \tan (\tfrac14\pi - \phi)) \d \phi \\
&&&= \int_0^{\frac14 \pi} \ln \left ( 1 + \frac{1 - \tan \phi}{1+\tan \phi} \right) \d \phi \\
&&&= \int_0^{\frac14 \pi} \ln \left ( \frac{2}{1+\tan \phi} \right) \d \phi \\
&&&= \tfrac14 \pi \ln 2 - I \\
\Rightarrow && I &= \tfrac18\pi \ln 2
\end{align*}

\begin{align*}
&& J &= \int_0^1 \frac{\ln(1+x)}{1+x^2} \d x \\
x= \tan \theta \d \theta, \d \theta = \frac{\d x}{1+x^2} &&&= \int_0^{\frac14 \pi} \ln(1 + \tan \theta) \d \theta \\
&&&= \tfrac18 \pi \ln 2 
\end{align*}

\begin{align*}
&& K &= \int_0^{\frac12 \pi} \ln \left ( \frac{1 + \sin x}{1 + \cos x} \right) \d x \\
y = \tfrac12\pi - x, \d y = -\d x: &&&= \int_0^{\frac12\pi} \ln \left ( \frac{1+\cos y}{1+\sin y}\right) \d y \\
&&&= -K \\
\Rightarrow && K &= 0

\end{align*}