Is Integration by Parts Applicable for X^3/((e^x)-1) from -infinity to infinity?

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Integrating X^3/((e^x)-1), where we integrate from -infinity to infinity

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We thought about it, and we're not entirely sure if integration by parts is applicable here. Is there a table with this function perhaps?
 
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That integral doesn't converge as x->(-infinity), does it? The denominator is near 1 and the numerator is near x^3. Are you sure about the limits?
 


it doesn't matter if it converges at -infinity you can just make the upper and lower bounds 0 to infinity and put a coefficient of 2 in front of the integrand
 


SgtSniper90 said:
it doesn't matter if it converges at -infinity you can just make the upper and lower bounds 0 to infinity and put a coefficient of 2 in front of the integrand

That only works if it's an even function, which this isn't.
 
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