Cannot solve integral

idontknow

Evaluate: $$\displaystyle \int_{0}^{1} \frac{x^{b}-x^{a}}{\ln(x)}dx\;$$ .
$$\displaystyle a\neq b$$, $$\displaystyle a,b>0.$$

idontknow

Evaluate: $$\displaystyle \int_{0}^{1} \frac{x^{b}-x^{a}}{\ln(x)}dx\;$$ .
$$\displaystyle a\neq b$$, $$\displaystyle a,b>0.$$
The integral is similar to $$\displaystyle I(z) =\int_{0}^{1} \frac{x^z }{\ln x} dx=\frac{1}{z+1} \int_{-\infty}^{0} \frac{e^{t(z+1)}}{t(z+1)}dt=-\frac{1}{z+1 }\int_{0}^{-\infty} (tz+t)^{-1}\cdot \sum_{n=0}^{\infty}\frac{(tz+t)^n }{n!}dt=-\frac{1}{z+1 }\int_{0}^{-\infty} \sum_{n=0}^{\infty}\frac{(tz+t)^{n-1} }{n!}dt$$. How can I continue from here ?

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skipjack

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It seems to be $$\displaystyle \ln\left(\!\frac{b+1}{a+1}\!\right)$$.

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idontknow

A fast method is : $$\displaystyle \displaystyle \int_{0}^{1} \frac{x^{b}-x^{a}}{\ln(x)}dx=\int_{a}^{b}[\int_{0}^{1}x^{\lambda }dx]d\lambda =\int_{a}^{b} [(1+\lambda )^{-1}x^{1+\lambda }|_{0}^{1} ]d\lambda =\int_{a}^{b} \frac{d\lambda }{1+\lambda }=\ln|\frac{b+1}{a+1}|$$.