TITLE: Evaluating $\int_0^{\frac\pi2}\frac{\ln{(\sin x)}\ \ln{(\cos x})}{\tan x}\ dx$
QUESTION [34 upvotes]: I need to solve
$$
\int_0^{\Large\frac\pi2}\frac{\ln{(\sin x)}\ \ln{(\cos x})}{\tan x}\ dx
$$
I tried to use symmetric properties of the trigonometric functions as is commonly used to compute
$$
\int_0^{\Large\frac\pi2}\ln\sin x\ dx = -\frac{\pi}{2}\ln2
$$
but never succeeded. (see this for example)

REPLY [9 votes]: Rewrite the integral as
$$
\int_0^{\Large\frac\pi2}\frac{\ln{(\sin x)}\ \ln{(\cos x})}{\tan x}\ dx=\int_0^{\Large\frac\pi2}\frac{\ln{(\sin x)}\ \ln{\sqrt{1-\sin^2 x}}}{\sin x}\cdot\cos x\ dx.
$$
Set $t=\sin x\ \color{red}{\Rightarrow}\ dt=\cos x\ dx$, then we obtain
\begin{align}
\int_0^{\Large\frac\pi2}\frac{\ln{(\sin x)}\ \ln{(\cos x})}{\tan x}\ dx&=\frac12\int_0^1\frac{\ln t\ \ln(1-t^2)}{t}\ dt\\
&=-\frac12\int_0^1\ln t\sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac{t^{2n}}{nt}\ dt\tag1\\
&=-\frac12\sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac{1}{n}\int_0^1t^{2n-1}\ln t\ dt\\
&=\frac12\sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac{1}{n}\cdot\frac{1}{(2n)^2}\tag2\\
&=\large\color{blue}{\frac{\zeta(3)}{8}}.
\end{align}

Notes :
$[1]\ \ $Use Maclaurin series for natural logarithm: $\displaystyle\ln(1-x)=-\sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac{x^n}{n}\ $ for $|x|<1$.
$[2]\ \ $$\displaystyle\int_0^1 x^\alpha \ln^n x\ dx=\frac{(-1)^n n!}{(\alpha+1)^{n+1}}\ $ for $  n=0,1,2,\cdots$