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Within certain branches of analysis - both real and complex - the Inverse Tangent Integral (and its generalizations) can be quite useful. Similarly, it's much less well-known (= uglier? lol) cousin, the Inverse Sine Integral can be used to solve many problems.
To that end, this is not really a tutorial, but rather a random and somewhat arbitrary collection of related results that I've evaluated over the years, and found to be quite useful. Who know's, eh? With a bit of gentle coaxing I might - just might! - manage to convert a few transcendental bipeds into true believers... [Sorry, I just love these functions. Begging your pardon... (Rofl) ]Let's start with a closed form for the Inverse Sine Integral in terms of Clausen Functions. For convenience, let's set $$z=\sin\varphi\,$$, and I'll use the two equivalent forms as and when most appropriate. And so, starting from the integral definition of the Inverse Sine Integral
$$\text{Si}_2(z)=\text{Si}_2(\sin\varphi)=\int_0^z \frac{ \sin^{-1}x}{x}\,dx=\int_0^{\sin\varphi}\frac{\sin^{-1}x}{x}\,dx$$
integrate that final form by parts to obtain
$$\text{Si}_2(\sin\varphi)=\log x \sin^{-1}x\Biggr|_0^{\sin\varphi}-\int_0^{\sin\varphi}\frac{\log x}{\sqrt{1-x^2}}\,dx=$$
$$\varphi\log(\sin \varphi)-\int_0^{\sin\varphi}\frac{\log x}{\sqrt{1-x^2}}\,dx$$
Next, apply the trigonometric substitution $$x=\sin y\,$$ on that last integral to get the equivalent form
$$\varphi\log(\sin \varphi)-\int_0^{\varphi}\log(\sin y)\,dy=$$
$$\varphi\log(\sin \varphi)-\int_0^{\varphi}\log(2\sin y)\,dy+\log 2\int_0^{\varphi}\,dy=$$
$$\varphi\log(2\sin \varphi)-\int_0^{\varphi}\log(2\sin x)\,dx$$
Finally, set $$x=y/2\,$$ in that last logsine integral
$$\Rightarrow$$
$$\varphi\log(2\sin \varphi)-\frac{1}{2}\int_0^{2\varphi}\log\left(2\sin \frac{y}{2}\right)\,dx$$-----------------------------
Interlude:
The Clausen Function of order 2 has the integral / series representation
$$\text{Cl}_2(\theta)=-\int_0^{\theta}\log\Biggr|2\sin\frac{x}{2}\Biggr| \,dx=\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}\frac{\sin k\theta}{k^2}$$Within the range $$0 < \varphi < 2\pi\,$$, we can drop the absolute value sign in the integral and simply write$$\text{Cl}_2(\theta)=-\int_0^{\theta}\log\left(2\sin\frac{x}{2}\right)\,dx=\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}\frac{\sin k\theta}{k^2}$$
-----------------------------Returning to the problem of finding a closed form for the Inverse Sine Integral, we can now re-write$$\varphi\log(2\sin \varphi)-\frac{1}{2}\int_0^{2\varphi}\log\left(2\sin \frac{y}{2}\right)\,dx$$
as$$\varphi\log(2\sin \varphi)+\frac{1}{2}\text{Cl}_2(2\varphi)$$And so, for $$0 < \varphi < \pi\,$$ we have the closed form$$\text{Si}_2(\sin\varphi)=\varphi\log(2\sin \varphi)+\frac{1}{2}\text{Cl}_2(2\varphi)$$
Comments and questions should be posted here:
http://mathhelpboards.com/showthread.php?t=6485
To that end, this is not really a tutorial, but rather a random and somewhat arbitrary collection of related results that I've evaluated over the years, and found to be quite useful. Who know's, eh? With a bit of gentle coaxing I might - just might! - manage to convert a few transcendental bipeds into true believers... [Sorry, I just love these functions. Begging your pardon... (Rofl) ]Let's start with a closed form for the Inverse Sine Integral in terms of Clausen Functions. For convenience, let's set $$z=\sin\varphi\,$$, and I'll use the two equivalent forms as and when most appropriate. And so, starting from the integral definition of the Inverse Sine Integral
$$\text{Si}_2(z)=\text{Si}_2(\sin\varphi)=\int_0^z \frac{ \sin^{-1}x}{x}\,dx=\int_0^{\sin\varphi}\frac{\sin^{-1}x}{x}\,dx$$
integrate that final form by parts to obtain
$$\text{Si}_2(\sin\varphi)=\log x \sin^{-1}x\Biggr|_0^{\sin\varphi}-\int_0^{\sin\varphi}\frac{\log x}{\sqrt{1-x^2}}\,dx=$$
$$\varphi\log(\sin \varphi)-\int_0^{\sin\varphi}\frac{\log x}{\sqrt{1-x^2}}\,dx$$
Next, apply the trigonometric substitution $$x=\sin y\,$$ on that last integral to get the equivalent form
$$\varphi\log(\sin \varphi)-\int_0^{\varphi}\log(\sin y)\,dy=$$
$$\varphi\log(\sin \varphi)-\int_0^{\varphi}\log(2\sin y)\,dy+\log 2\int_0^{\varphi}\,dy=$$
$$\varphi\log(2\sin \varphi)-\int_0^{\varphi}\log(2\sin x)\,dx$$
Finally, set $$x=y/2\,$$ in that last logsine integral
$$\Rightarrow$$
$$\varphi\log(2\sin \varphi)-\frac{1}{2}\int_0^{2\varphi}\log\left(2\sin \frac{y}{2}\right)\,dx$$-----------------------------
Interlude:
The Clausen Function of order 2 has the integral / series representation
$$\text{Cl}_2(\theta)=-\int_0^{\theta}\log\Biggr|2\sin\frac{x}{2}\Biggr| \,dx=\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}\frac{\sin k\theta}{k^2}$$Within the range $$0 < \varphi < 2\pi\,$$, we can drop the absolute value sign in the integral and simply write$$\text{Cl}_2(\theta)=-\int_0^{\theta}\log\left(2\sin\frac{x}{2}\right)\,dx=\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}\frac{\sin k\theta}{k^2}$$
-----------------------------Returning to the problem of finding a closed form for the Inverse Sine Integral, we can now re-write$$\varphi\log(2\sin \varphi)-\frac{1}{2}\int_0^{2\varphi}\log\left(2\sin \frac{y}{2}\right)\,dx$$
as$$\varphi\log(2\sin \varphi)+\frac{1}{2}\text{Cl}_2(2\varphi)$$And so, for $$0 < \varphi < \pi\,$$ we have the closed form$$\text{Si}_2(\sin\varphi)=\varphi\log(2\sin \varphi)+\frac{1}{2}\text{Cl}_2(2\varphi)$$
Comments and questions should be posted here:
http://mathhelpboards.com/showthread.php?t=6485