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New series involving binomial coefficients (II) (2307.03086v9)
Published 6 Jul 2023 in math.NT and math.CO
Abstract: In this paper, we evaluate some series of the form $$\sum_{k=1}\infty\frac{ak2+bk+c}{k(3k-1)(3k-2)mk\binom{4k}k}.$$ For example, we prove that $$\sum_{k=1}\infty\frac{(5k2-4k+1)8{k}}{k(3k-1)(3k-2)\binom{4k}k}=\frac{3}2\pi$$ and $$\sum_{k=1}\infty\frac{415k2-343k+62}{k(3k-1)(3k-2)(-8)k\binom{4k}k}=-3\log2.$$ We also pose many new conjectural series identities involving binomial coefficients; for example, we conjecture that $$\sum_{k=0}\infty\frac{\binom{2k}k3}{4096k}\left(9(42k+5)\sum_{0\le j<k}\frac1{(2j+1)4}+\frac{25}{(2k+1)3}\right)=\frac 56\pi3.$$