Series involving central binomial coefficients and harmonic numbers of order 2
Abstract: We derive modular parametrizations for certain infinite series whose summands involve central binomial coefficients and second-order harmonic numbers. When the rates of convergence are certain rational numbers, modularity allows us to reduce the corresponding series to special values of the Dirichlet $L$-values. For example, we establish the following identity that has been recently conjectured by Sun:[\sum_{k=0}\infty\binom{2k}{k}3\left[ \mathsf H_{2k}{(2)}-\frac{25}{92}\mathsf H_{ k}{(2)} +\frac{735L_{-7}(2)-86π{2}}{1104}\right]\frac{1}{4096{k}}=0,] where $ \mathsf H{(2)}_k:= \sum_{0<j\leq k}\frac{1}{j2}$ and $ L_{-7}(2):= \sum_{n=1}\infty\left(\frac{-7}{n}\right)\frac{1}{n2}=\frac{1}{12}+\frac{1}{22}-\frac{1}{32}+\frac{1}{4{2}}-\frac{1}{5{2}}-\frac{1}{6{2}}+\frac{1}{8{2}}+\cdots $.
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