TITLE: $\int_{0<x<y<z<w<1} \left\{\frac{x}{y}\right\}\left\{\frac{y}{z}\right\}\left\{\frac{z}{w}\right\}\left\{\frac{w}{x}\right\}$
QUESTION [7 upvotes]: I was trying to integrate this : $\displaystyle \int\limits_{0\lt x\lt y\lt z\lt w\lt 1} \left\{\dfrac{x}{y}\right\}\left\{\dfrac{y}{z}\right\}\left\{\dfrac{z}{w}\right\}\left\{\dfrac{w}{x}\right\}$
where $\{.\}$ denotes the Fractional Part function. What I did was :
$\displaystyle \begin{align}I &= \displaystyle \int\limits_{0\lt x\lt y\lt z\lt w\lt 1} \dfrac{x}{y}\dfrac{y}{z}\dfrac{z}{w}\left\{\dfrac{w}{x}\right\} \\ &= \int_{w=0}^1\int_{x=0}^{w}\int_{y=x}^{w}\int_{z=x}^{w}  \dfrac{x}{y}\dfrac{y}{z}\dfrac{z}{w}\left\{\dfrac{w}{x}\right\} \; dx\; dy\; dz\; dw \\ &=\int_{w=0}^1 \int_{x=0}^{w} \dfrac{(w-x)^2 x}{w}\left\{\dfrac{w}{x}\right\}\; dx\; dw \\ &=\int_0^1 \int_0^1 w^2 (1-t)^2 t\left\{\dfrac{1}{t}\right\}\; dt\; dw\quad \text{By substitution }x=wt \\ &=\dfrac{1}{3}\int_0^1 t(1-t)^2 \left\{\dfrac{1}{t}\right\}\; dt\end{align}$
Now I could easily evaluate the last integral and if there isn't a silly mistake it comes out to be $I=\dfrac{2\zeta(3)}{9}-\dfrac{\zeta(4)}{12}-\dfrac{\zeta(2)}{6}+ \dfrac{1}{9}$
I am here cuious that did I manipulated the limits well ? i.e breaking $0<x<y<z<w<1$ into four different integrations with proper limits. Were the limits all right ?

REPLY [3 votes]: $\newcommand{\bbx}[1]{\,\bbox[8px,border:1px groove navy]{\displaystyle{#1}}\,}
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Hereafter, I'll use
  Iverson Brackets $\ds{\pars{~\mbox{namely,}\ \bracks{\cdots}~}}$ which are quite efficient whenever a cumbersome restriction is present. 

\begin{align}
I & \,\,\,\substack{\mbox{def.} \\[1mm] \ds{\equiv}}
\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}
\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}
\braces{x \over y}\braces{y \over z}\braces{z \over w}\braces{w \over x}
\bracks{0 < x < y < z < w < 1}\dd x\,\dd y\,\dd z\,\dd w
\\[5mm] & =
\int_{-\infty}^{1}\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}
\int_{0}^{\infty}{x \over y}\,{y \over z}\,{z \over w}\,\braces{w \over x}
\bracks{x < y < z < w}\dd x\,\dd y\,\dd z\,\dd w
\\[5mm] & =
\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}
\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}\int_{0}^{\infty}\int_{-\infty}^{1}
{1 \over w/x}\,\braces{w \over x}
\bracks{x < y < z < x\,{w \over x}}x\,{\dd w \over x}\,\dd x\,\dd y\,\dd z
\\[5mm] & =
\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}
\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}\int_{0}^{\infty}x\int_{-\infty}^{1/x}
{\braces{w} \over w}\bracks{x < y < z < xw}\dd w\,\dd x\,\dd y\,\dd z
\\[5mm] & =
\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}
\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}\int_{0}^{\infty}x\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}
\bracks{w < {1 \over x}}{\braces{w} \over w}\bracks{x < y < z}\bracks{z < xw}
\dd w\,\dd x\,\dd y\,\dd z
\\[5mm] & =
\int_{0}^{\infty}x\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}\bracks{w < {1 \over x}}
{\braces{w} \over w}\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}\bracks{z < xw}
\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}\bracks{x < y < z}\dd y\,\dd z\,\dd w\,\dd x
\\[5mm] & =
\int_{0}^{\infty}x\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}\bracks{w < {1 \over x}}
{\braces{w} \over w}\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}\bracks{z < xw}
\bracks{x < z}\int_{x}^{z}\dd y\,\dd z\,\dd w\,\dd x
\\[5mm] & =
\int_{0}^{\infty}x\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}\bracks{w < {1 \over x}}
{\braces{w} \over w}\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}\bracks{x < z < xw}
\pars{z - x}\dd z\,\dd w\,\dd x
\\[5mm] & =
\int_{0}^{\infty}x\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}\bracks{w < {1 \over x}}
{\braces{w} \over w}\bracks{x < xw}\int_{x}^{xw}
\pars{z - x}\dd z\,\dd w\,\dd x
\\[5mm] & =
\int_{0}^{\infty}x\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}\bracks{1 < w < {1 \over x}}
{\braces{w} \over w}
\pars{{1 \over 2}\,w^{2}x^{2} - {1 \over 2}\,x^{2} - wx^{2} + x^{2}}\dd w\,\dd x
\\[5mm] & =
{1 \over 2}\int_{0}^{\infty}x^{3}\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}
\bracks{1 < w < {1 \over x}}{\braces{w} \over w}\pars{w - 1}^{2}
\,\dd w\,\dd x
\\[5mm] & =
{1 \over 2}\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}
{\braces{w} \over w}\pars{w - 1}^{2}\int_{0}^{\infty}x^{3}
\bracks{x < wx < 1}\,\dd x\,\dd w
\\[5mm] & =
{1 \over 2}\int_{-\infty}^{\infty}
{\braces{w} \over w}\pars{w - 1}^{2}\bracks{w > 1}\int_{0}^{1/w}x^{3}
\,\dd x\,\dd w =
{1 \over 8}\int_{1}^{\infty}
{\pars{w - 1}^{2} \over w^{5}}\,\pars{w - \left\lfloor w\right\rfloor}\dd w
\\[5mm] & =
{ 1 \over 24} -
{1 \over 8}\sum_{n = 1}^{\infty}\int_{n}^{n + 1}{\pars{w - 1}^{2} \over w^{5}}\,n\,\dd w =
\bbx{{1 \over 24} - {1 \over 16}\,\zeta\pars{2} + {1 \over 12}\,\zeta\pars{3} -
{1 \over 32}\,\zeta\pars{4}}
\\[5mm] & =
\bbx{{1 \over 24} - {\pi^{2} \over 96} + {1 \over 12}\,\zeta\pars{3} -
{\pi^{4} \over 2880}} \approx 0.00520709503181230\ldots
\end{align}

I already performed a simulation, up to $\ds{16,777,215}$ quadruplets
  $\ds{\pars{x,y,z,w}}$, which agrees with the above analytic result. Such simulation 'generates' the value $\ds{0.00520\color{#f00}{943}}$.