Evaluate $\int_0^1(x\ln(x))^{50}dx$

Hint. Following your approach by differentiation under the integral sign, note that $$\int_{0}^{1} x^t (\ln(x))^n \, dx=\frac{d^n}{dt^n}\left( \int_0^1 x^t dx\right)=\frac{d^n}{dt^n} \left((t+1)^{-1}\right).$$


I thought it might be instructive to present an approach that is efficient, elementary, and circumvents differentiation under the integral. To that end, we proceed.


The integral can be evaluated straightforwardly by enforcing the substitution $x\mapsto e^{-x/(n+1)}$. Using this substitution, we have for any integer $n\ge 0$

$$\begin{align} \int_0^1 x^n\log^n(x)\,dx&=\frac{(-1)^n}{(n+1)^{n+1}}\underbrace{\int_0^\infty x^ne^{-x}\,dx}_{n!}\\\\ &=\frac{(-1)^nn!}{(n+1)^{n+1}} \end{align}$$

Then, let $n=50$.


Hint:

By parts,

$$\int_0^1x^{50}\log^{50}xdx=\left.\frac{x^{51}}{51}\log^{50}x\right|_0^1-\frac{50}{51}\int_0^1x^{50}\log x^{49}dx.$$

The first term evaluates to $0$, and the second shows an easy recurrence.

After $50$ iterations,

$$\frac{50!}{51^{50}}\int_0^1 x^{50}dx.$$