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Solve the following.
Evaluate: ∫₀^(π/4) log(1 + tanθ) dθ
Evaluate:
$\int_{0}^{\pi/4} \log(1 + \tan\theta) \, d\theta$
Answer
Answer
Let $I = \int_0^{\pi/4}\log(1+\tan\theta)\,d\theta$.
By the property $\int_0^a f(\theta)d\theta = \int_0^a f(a-\theta)d\theta$:
$I = \int_0^{\pi/4}\log\left(1+\tan\left(\frac{\pi}{4}-\theta\right)\right)d\theta = \int_0^{\pi/4}\log\left(\frac{2}{1+\tan\theta}\right)d\theta$
$I = \int_0^{\pi/4}\log 2\,d\theta - I$
$2I = \frac{\pi}{4}\log 2$
Hence $I = \frac{\pi}{8}\log 2$.
Final answer: $\frac{\pi}{8}\log 2$