This thing is killing me Integration Help

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In summary, the conversation discusses the indefinite integral ∫tan(x)ln(x) dx and how it can be rewritten in terms of the complex plane. The conversation then goes on to describe the process of solving the integral and the difficulties encountered, as well as the possibility of finding an exact value for the integral.
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This thing is killing me! Integration Help

So I was doing some research and came across the following indefinite integral:


∫tan(x)ln(x) dx

where the domain of x is the complex plane so this can be re-written as:

∫tan(z)ln(z) dz...

So I began solving the problem like so:

∫tan(x)ln(x) dx = -ln(cos(x))ln(x) + ∫ln(cos(x))/x dx (integration by parts)

∫tan(x)ln(x) dx = -ln(cos(x))ln(x) + ∫ln((e^ix + e^-ix)/2)/x dx (exponential definition of cos)

∫tan(x)ln(x) dx = -ln(cos(x))ln(x) + ∫ln((e^ix + e^-ix))/x dx - ln(2)ln(x) + C (properties of logarithms)

∫tan(x)ln(x) dx = -ln(cos(x))ln(x) + ∫ln((e^ix)^2 + 1)/x dx - ix - ln(2)ln(x) + C (property of logarithms along with combining terms in the initial fraction)

∫tan(x)ln(x) dx = -ln(cos(x))ln(x) + ∫ln((e^ix + i)(e^ix - i))/x dx - ix - ln(2)ln(x) + C (expanding the sum of squares)

Which leaves us with this as the remaining problem:

∫tan(x)ln(x) dx = -ln(cos(x))ln(x) + ∫ln((e^ix + i))/x dx + ∫ln((e^ix - i))/x dx - ix - ln(2)ln(x) + C

So how on Earth do you solve these two problems:

∫ln((e^ix + i)/x dx

∫ln(e^ix - i))/x dx

I tried using Wolfram Mathematica but it could not integrate this problem and I can't imagine how a discrete method would work on this.
 
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Maybe it doesn't have an elementary antiderivative. Can still do a nice job integrating it numerically as long as you go around the poles and branch point.
 
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I believe strongly that this integral does not have a elementary antiderivative.

Although is it possible to find an exact value for the integral below? (no approximations)

[tex] I = \int_{0}^{1} \tan(x) \ln(x) \, dx [/tex]
 

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