1.II.13C

Complex Analysis or Complex Methods
Part IB, 2008

By a suitable choice of contour show the following:

(a)

0x1/n1+x2dx=π2cos(π/2n)\int_{0}^{\infty} \frac{x^{1 / n}}{1+x^{2}} d x=\frac{\pi}{2 \cos (\pi / 2 n)}

where n>1n>1,

(b)

0x1/2logx1+x2dx=π222\int_{0}^{\infty} \frac{x^{1 / 2} \log x}{1+x^{2}} d x=\frac{\pi^{2}}{2 \sqrt{2}}