TITLE: Prove that $\int^2_0 x(8-x^3)^\frac{1}{3}dx=\frac{16\pi}{9\sqrt{3}}$
QUESTION [6 upvotes]: I have to prove that: 

$$\int^2_0 x(8-x^3)^\frac{1}{3}dx=\frac{16\,\pi}{9\sqrt{3}}.$$

I tried substituting $x^3=8u$ but I just got stuck.
Any help would be appreciated.

REPLY [3 votes]: Just for fun, i will give a solution using tools from complex analysis
Let's use a substitution $x=2y^{\frac{1}{3}}$. We get
$$
I=\frac{8}{3}\int_{0}^{1}y^{\frac{-1}{3}}(1-y)^{\frac{1}{3}}dy
$$
Now (we interpret $y$ as a complex variable), we can choose the principal branch of $\log(y)$ to be the positive real axis. Then carefully adding the phases coming from both parts of the product, we see that effectivly we have created a branch cut in the interval $[0,1]$ . Furthermore in this region it holds that:
$\text{Arg}(\Re[y]+i\delta)=0$ and $\text{Arg}(\Re[y]-i\delta)=2 \pi $ ,where $\delta \rightarrow 0^+$ .
Applying the residue theorem  to a contour which encloses the branch cut counter clockwise, we get
$$
I\times(1-e^{ 2 \pi i /3})=-2 \pi i\times \text{res}(y=\infty)
$$
With our choice of branches $\text{res}(y=\infty)=-\frac{e^{i \frac{\pi}{3}}}{3}$
Putting everything together this gives us
$$
I=\frac{16 \pi}{9\sqrt3{}}
$$