How can the root integral be simplified to a more manageable form?

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<br /> \int \frac{dx}{x(1+2\sqrt{x}+\sqrt[3]{x})}=\int \frac{dx}{x(\sqrt{x}+1+\sqrt{x}+\sqrt[3]{x})}=<br /> \int \frac{dx}{x(\sqrt{x}+\frac{(1-x)}{1-\sqrt[3]{x}})}<br />
i got read of one root but instead i got another one
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Notice that the denominator can be written as follows:

x\left(1+2x^{1/2}+x^{1/3}\right)

x\left(1+2x^{3/6}+x^{2/6}\right)

Let u=x^{1/6}.
 
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