Can the integral be evaluated without Mathematica?

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Does this integral converge !?

[tex]\int_{0}^{\infty}x\frac{d}{dx}\left(\frac{\zeta(x)}{x}+\frac{1}{2x}-\frac{1}{x-1} \right )dx[/tex]
Where [itex]\zeta(x)[/itex] is the Riemann zeta function. Of course, we can integrate by parts to obtain :

[tex]\frac{1}{2}-\int_{0}^{\infty}\left(\frac{\zeta(x)}{x}+\frac{1}{2x}-\frac{1}{x-1}\right) dx[/tex]

Unfortunately, i don't know how to do this integral, and i don't have mathematica, hence the thread !
 
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mfb said:
Looks like the first part is fine
But for large x, your function approaches 1/(2x)+o(1/x^2)...

And it doesn't converge . i kinda knew it , thanks . i was trying to evaluate a limiting case of the integral :
[tex]\int_{0}^{\infty}\frac{d}{dx}\left(\frac{\zeta(x)}{x}+\frac{1}{2x}-\frac{1}{x-1} \right )\ln\left(-e^{-zx}\right)dx[/tex]
For [itex]z\in \mathbb{C}[/itex]