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General polynomial-form expression for ∫ tanh(x)/x · sech(x)^L · e^{-Tx} dx

Establish, for every integer L ≥ 1, the existence of polynomials P_{L}^{0}(T), …, P_{L}^{L}(T), with degrees indicated by their superscripts, such that the integral ∫_{0}^{∞} (tanh(x)/x) · sech(x)^{L} · exp(−T x) dx equals Σ_{k=1}^{L} P_{L}^{L−k}(T) [∂ζ/∂s (−k, (T + 1 + (1/2)(1 + (−1)^{L}))/4) − ∂ζ/∂s (−k, (T + 3 + (1/2)(1 + (−1)^{L}))/4)] + P_{L}^{L}(T) [log Γ((T + 1 + (1/2)(1 + (−1)^{L}))/4) − log Γ((T + 3 + (1/2)(1 + (−1)^{L}))/4)].

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Background

The paper explicitly evaluates ∫_{0}{∞} (tanh(x)/x) * sech(x){L} * exp(−T x) dx for L = 1, 2, 3, 4 in terms of derivatives of the Hurwitz zeta function and logarithms of Gamma functions (equations (int_tanh_over_x_L1)–(int_tanh_over_x_L4)).

Motivated by these explicit cases, the author formulates a conjecture asserting that, for general L, the integral admits a structured expansion involving polynomial coefficients multiplying differences of Hurwitz zeta s-derivatives at negative integers and a log-Gamma difference, with the arguments depending on the parity of L. This general form would unify the observed patterns for small L.

References

Conjecture For each L ∈ ℕ there exist polynomials P_{L}{0}(T),..., P_{L}{L}(T), where the upper indices indicate their degrees, with

& ∫{0}{∞} (tanh(x)/x)sech(x){L}exp(−Tx) dx = Σ{k = 1}{L}P_{L}{L − k}(T)(∂ζ(−k, (T + 1 + (1/2)(1 + (−1){L}))/4) − ∂ζ(−k, (T + 3 + (1/2)(1 + (−1){L}))/4)) + P_{L}{L}(T)(log Γ ((T + 1 + (1/2)(1 + (−1){L}))/4) − log Γ ((T + 3 + (1/2)(1 + (−1){L}))/4)).

Recurrence Relations for $β(2k)$ and $ζ(2k + 1)$ (2508.11643 - Kyrion, 31 Jul 2025) in Conjecture, Section 1