Deriving the Integral via Leibniz Rule

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Homework Statement


[tex] \int_0^1\frac{x-1}{\ln{x}} dx[/tex]

Homework Equations


[tex] \Phi(\alpha)=\int_0^1\frac{x^{\alpha}-1}{\ln{x}} dx[/tex]

The Attempt at a Solution


In the answers they say:[tex] \Phi '(\alpha)=\int_0^1\frac{x^{\alpha}\ln{x}}{\ln{x}} dx=\frac{1}{\alpha+1}[/tex]but the derative is wrong, right? I don't understand how they calculated the derative...
 
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The derivative is d/d(alpha). x^alpha=e^(log(x)*alpha). Actually, it is right.
 
Dick said:
The derivative is d/d(alpha). x^alpha=e^(log(x)*alpha). Actually, it is right.

You're right I accendentally differentiated w.r.t x, thanks Dick.
 

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