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An Unintended Route of Integration

The integral

\[\int_0^\infty\frac{\ln(x)}{(1+x)(1+x^2)}\,\mathrm dx\]

was brought to me by a friend, who came about it in a context that suggested for it to be done by contour integration. Surpsisingly, there is a cute trick that allows the integral to be evaluated using the Dirichlet eta function, which is related to the Riemann zeta function through the formula $\eta(s)=(1-2^{1-s})\zeta(s)$,

\[\begin{align*} \int_0^\infty\frac{\ln(x)}{(1+x)(1+x^2)}\,\mathrm dx &= \int_{-\infty}^\infty\frac{u e^u}{(1+e^u)(1+e^{2u})}\,\mathrm du,\qquad x=e^u \\ &= \int_0^\infty\frac{u e^u}{(1+e^u)(1+e^{2u})}\,\mathrm du-\int_0^{-\infty}\frac{u e^u}{(1+e^u)(1+e^{2u})}\,\mathrm du \\ &= \int_0^\infty\underset{\times e^{-3u}/e^{-3u}}{\underbrace{\frac{u e^{-2u}}{(1+e^{-u})(1+e^{-2u})}}}\,\mathrm du-\int_0^\infty\underset{u\mapsto -u}{\underbrace{\frac{u e^{-u}}{(1+e^{-u})(1+e^{-2u})}}}\,\mathrm du \\ &= \int_0^\infty\left(\frac{u}{1+e^{-u}}-\frac{u}{1+e^{-2u}}\right)\,\mathrm du,\;\text{combine / partial fractions} \\ &= \int_0^\infty u\left(\sum_{n=0}^\infty (-1)^n e^{-nu}-\sum_{n=0}^\infty (-1)^n e^{-2nu}\right)\,\mathrm du \\ &= \int_0^\infty u\left(\sum_{n=1}^\infty (-1)^n e^{-nu}-\sum_{n=1}^\infty (-1)^n e^{-2nu}\right)\,\mathrm du \\ &= \sum_{n=1}^\infty(-1)^n\int_0^\infty u e^{-nu}\,\mathrm du-\sum_{n=1}^\infty(-1)^n\int_0^\infty u e^{-2nu}\,\mathrm du, \\ &\qquad\text{split and use dominated convergence on }(\epsilon,\,\infty) \\ &= \sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac{(-1)^n}{n^2}-\frac{1}{2}\sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac{(-1)^n}{n^2} \\ &= -\frac{1}{2}\eta(2) \\ &= -\frac{\pi^2}{24}.\end{align*}\]
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