Conjecture on the denominator ratios of the iterated integral of ln(1+x2)\ln(1+x^2)

Let An,2(x)A_{n,2}(x) be the rational polynomial part of the nnth iterated integral in the ln(1+x2)\ln(1+x^2) case, let αn,2\alpha_{n,2} be its denominator, and define

βn,2=αn,2nαn1,2.\beta_{n,2}=\frac{\alpha_{n,2}}{n\alpha_{n-1,2}}.

Here pp denotes a prime and m,rNm,r\in\mathbb{N}. The denominator-ratio conjecture. The sequence βn,2\beta_{n,2} is given by

βn,2={pif n=pr for some \primep and rN and n23m+1,13if n=23m for some mN,3pif n=23m+1 and n=pr for some m,rN,3if n=23m+1 for some mN and npr,1otherwise.\beta_{n,2}=\begin{cases} p & \text{if $n=p^r$ for some \prime $p$ and $r\in\mathbb{N}$ and $n\ne2\cdot3^m+1$},\\ \frac13 & \text{if $n=2\cdot3^m$ for some $m\in\mathbb{N}$},\\ 3p & \text{if $n=2\cdot3^m+1$ and $n=p^r$ for some $m,r\in\mathbb{N}$},\\ 3 & \text{if $n=2\cdot3^m+1$ for some $m\in\mathbb{N}$ and $n\ne p^r$},\\ 1 & \text{otherwise.} \end{cases}

The claim describes the arithmetic cancellations in the denominators of the polynomial part. The source presents it as suggested by symbolic computations and gives no resolution evidence.

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Tewodros Amdeberhan, Christoph Koutschan, Victor H. Moll and Eric S. Rowland, “The iterated integrals of ln(1 + x^2)”, arXiv:1012.3429 (2011).

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