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On my previou page Jack D'Aurizio offered a concise elegant prove of Vladimir Reshetnikov's identity and a closed form for it.

(1)

$$\int_{0}^{\infty}\frac{1}{1+x^2}\cdot\frac{1}{1+x^{\pi}}dx=\int_{0}^{\infty}\frac{1}{1+x^2}\cdot\frac{1}{1+x^{e}}dx=\frac{\pi}{4}$$

Here we have another imitation of Vladimir Reshetnikov's identity

(2)

$$\int_{0}^{\infty}\frac{1}{1+x^2}\cdot\frac{x^{\pi}}{1+x^{\pi}}\cdot\frac{1}{1+x^e}dx =\int_{0}^{\infty}\frac{1}{1+x^2}\cdot\frac{x^e}{1+x^e}\cdot\frac{1}{1+x^{\pi}}dx$$

A closed form of (2) is unknown

We ask if this identity (2) can be proven in the same way as (1) and with a closed form.

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Through the substitution $x\mapsto\frac{1}{x}$ we have: $$ I(a,b) = \int_{0}^{+\infty}\frac{x^a}{1+x^a}\cdot\frac{1}{1+x^b}\cdot\frac{dx}{1+x^2} = \int_{0}^{+\infty}\frac{1}{1+x^a}\cdot\frac{x^b}{1+x^b}\cdot\frac{dx}{1+x^2} = I(b,a) $$ hence, by your previous question:

$$\begin{eqnarray*} I(a,b) &=& \frac{1}{2}\int_{0}^{+\infty}\frac{x^a+x^b}{(1+x^a)(1+x^b)}\cdot\frac{dx}{1+x^2}\\&=&\frac{1}{2}\left[\int_{0}^{+\infty}\left(\frac{1}{1+x^a}+\frac{1}{1+x^b}\right)\frac{dx}{1+x^2}-2\int_{0}^{+\infty}\frac{dx}{(1+x^a)(1+x^b)(1+x^2)}\right]\\&=&\frac{\pi}{4}-\int_{0}^{+\infty}\frac{dx}{(1+x^a)(1+x^b)(1+x^2)}\end{eqnarray*}$$ that, at least in principle, can be computed from partial fraction decomposition, the residue theorem and the identity: $$ \int_{0}^{+\infty}\frac{x^b dx}{1+x^a} = \frac{\pi}{a\sin\left(\frac{\pi (b+1)}{a}\right)}.$$

Jack D'Aurizio
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