TITLE: How can we show that $\int_{0}^{\pi/2}x\cos(8x)\ln\left(1+\tan x\over 1-\tan x\right)\mathrm dx={\pi\over 12}?$
QUESTION [11 upvotes]: Consider the integral $(1)$

$$\int_{0}^{\pi/2}x\cos(8x)\ln\left(1+\tan x\over 1-\tan x\right)\mathrm dx={\pi\over 12}\tag1$$

An attempt: 
Rewrite $(1)$ as
$$\int_{0}^{\pi/2}x\cos(8x)\ln\tan\left(x+{\pi\over 4}\right)\mathrm dx\tag2$$
$$\int_{0}^{\pi/2}x\cdot{1-\tan^2(4x)\over 1+\tan^2(4x)}\ln\tan\left(x+{\pi\over 4}\right)\mathrm dx\tag3$$
Or we can rewrite $(1)$ as
$$\color{red}{\int_{0}^{\pi/2}x\cos^2(4x)\ln\tan\left(x+{\pi\over 4}\right)\mathrm dx}-\int_{0}^{\pi/2}x\sin^2(4x)\ln\tan\left(x+{\pi\over 4}\right)\mathrm dx=I_1+I_2\tag4$$
Applying $\ln\tan x$ series to the red part
$I_1$ becomes
$$I_1=\int_{0}^{\pi/2}x\cos^2(4x)\ln\left(x+{\pi\over 4}\right)\mathrm dx+\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}{2^{2n}(2^{2n-1}-1)B_n\over n(2n)!}\int_{0}^{\pi/2}x(x+\pi/4)^{2n}\cos^2(4x)\mathrm dx\tag5$$
This looked too complicate, how else can we prove $(1)?$

REPLY [2 votes]: $\newcommand{\bbx}[1]{\,\bbox[8px,border:1px groove navy]{\displaystyle{#1}}\,}
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I'll assume the $\ds{\ln}$-argument is 'enclosed' in an absolute value !!!.

\begin{align}
&\int_{0}^{\pi/2}x\cos\pars{8x}
\ln\pars{\verts{1 + \tan\pars{x} \over 1 - \tan\pars{x}}}\,\dd x =
\int_{0}^{\pi/2}x\cos\pars{8x}
\ln\pars{\verts{\tan\pars{x + {\pi \over 4}}}}\,\dd x
\\[5mm] = &\
-\int_{-\pi/4}^{\pi/4}\pars{x + {\pi \over 4}}\cos\pars{8x}
\ln\pars{\verts{\tan\pars{x}}}\,\dd x =
-\,{\pi \over 2}\int_{0}^{\pi/4}\cos\pars{8x}
\ln\pars{\verts{\tan\pars{x}}}\,\dd x
\\[5mm] = &\
{\pi \over 16}\int_{0}^{\pi/4}\sin\pars{8x}
{\sec^{2}\pars{x} \over \tan\pars{x}}\,\dd x =
{\pi \over 8}\int_{0}^{\pi/4}{\sin\pars{8x} \over \sin\pars{2x}}\,\dd x =
{\pi \over 16}\,\Im\int_{0}^{\pi/2}{\expo{4\ic x} - 1 \over \sin\pars{x}}\,\dd x
\\[5mm] = &\
\left.{\pi \over 16}\,\Im\int_{x\ =\ 0}^{x\ =\ \pi/2}
{z^{4} - 1\over \pars{1 - z^{2}}\ic/\pars{2z}}
\,{\dd z \over \ic z}\,\right\vert_{\ z\ =\ \exp\pars{\ic x}} =
\left.{\pi \over 8}\,\Im\int_{x\ =\ 0}^{x\ =\ \pi/2}\pars{z^{2} + 1 }
\,\dd z\,\right\vert_{\ z\ =\ \exp\pars{\ic x}}
\\[1cm] \stackrel{\mrm{as}\ \epsilon\ \to\ 0^{+}}{\sim}&\
-\,{\pi \over 8}\,\Im\int_{1}^{0}\pars{-y^{2} + 1}\,\ic\,\dd y\ -\
\overbrace{%
{\pi \over 8}\,\Im\int_{0}^{1}\pars{x^{2} + 1}\,\dd x}
^{\ds{=\ 0}}
\\[5mm] - &\
{\pi \over 8}\,\Im\int_{\pi}^{\pi/2}\pars{\epsilon^{2}\expo{2\ic\theta} + 1}\epsilon\expo{\ic\theta}\ic\,\dd\theta
\,\,\,\,\,\stackrel{\mrm{as}\ \epsilon\ \to\ 0^{+}}{\to}\,\,\,\,\, 
{\pi \over 8}\int_{0}^{1}\pars{1 - y^{2}}\,\dd y =
\bbx{\ds{\pi \over 12}}
\end{align}