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   Richard Fateman to Nasser M. Abbasi   
   Re: what is integral of x^x = ?   
   21 Feb 21 10:54:50   
   
   From: fateman@gmail.com   
      
   On Saturday, February 20, 2021 at 5:41:25 PM UTC-8, Nasser M. Abbasi wrote:   
   > On 2/20/2021 6:51 PM, drhu...@gmail.com wrote:   
   > > what is integral of x^x = ?   
   > > ........   
   >   
   > But this has no closed form sum   
   >   
   > Sum[oneterm, {n, 0, Infinity}];   
   >   
   > --Nasser   
   on the other hand, for any particular integer n,  you can integrate   
   x^n*log(x)^n. (at least Maxima has no problem)   
   so you can generate as many terms as you wish, in elementary form, rational in   
   x and log(x).   
   RJF   
      
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