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      <title>My Tips for Converting Integrals into Series</title>
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      <author>y.zhao.phys@gmail.com (Yijia Zhao)</author>
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      <description>My Tips for Converting Integrals into Series</description>
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We begin with <b>Euler’s product formula for sine</b>:
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\[
\sin x = x\prod_{n=1}^{\infty}\left(1-\frac{x^2}{n^2\pi^2}\right)
\]
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Substituting \(x=\pi t\) and taking the natural logarithm of both sides gives:
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\[
\ln\left(\frac{\sin\pi t}{\pi t}\right) = \sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \ln \left(1-\frac{t^2}{n^2}\right)
\]
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Since the series converges uniformly on compact subsets of \((-1, 1)\), we may differentiate both sides term by term with respect to \(t\), 
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\[
 -\frac{\pi\cot(\pi t)}{2t} + \frac{1}{2t^2} = \sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \frac{1}{n^2-t^2}
\]
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Finally, setting \(t=-iu\) (equivalently, continuing analytically to the imaginary axis) yields:
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\[
\frac{\pi\coth(\pi u)}{2u} - \frac{1}{2u^2} = \sum_{n=1}^{\infty} \frac{1}{n^2+u^2}
\]
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