Definite Integral – Calculate Integral with Artanh Function

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Consider:$$I=\int_{0}^{1}\dfrac{x\cdot {\operatorname{artanh} x}}{1+x^2} dx$$

Online integral calculators approximate the result to be $0.30842513753$, which is very close to $\dfrac{\pi^2}{32}$

I tried breaking the first term into an infinite series and evaluating, similar to this question:Please verify this alternate proof of the Basel problem

Now, this does result in the correct answer however, the method is long and lacks rigor.

How can I evaluate this integral in a simpler way? Is there a way to generalize similar integrals?

Best Answer

Note that $ \operatorname{artanh} x =\frac12\ln \frac{1+x}{1-x} $ and substitute $t=\frac{1-x}{1+x}$ \begin{align} &\int_{0}^{1}\dfrac{x\ {\operatorname{artanh} x}}{1+x^2}dx\\ =&\ \frac12\int_0^1 \frac{t\ln t}{1+t^2}\overset{t^2\to t}{dt}-\frac12\int_0^1 \frac{\ln t}{1+t}dt =- \frac38\int_0^1 \frac{\ln t}{1+t}dt =\frac{\pi^2}{32} \end{align} where $\int_0^1 \frac{\ln t}{1+t}dt=-\int_0^1 \frac{\ln (1+t)}{t}dt=-\frac{\pi^2}{12}$.

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