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New series involving binomial coefficients (III)

Number Theory 2026-02-11 v6

Abstract

We evaluate some series with summands involving a single binomial coefficient (6k3k)\binom{6k}{3k}. For example, we prove that k=0(63k2+78k+22)8k(2k+1)(6k+1)(6k+5)(6k3k)=3π2.\sum_{k=0}^\infty\frac{(63k^2+78k+22)8^k}{(2k+1)(6k+1)(6k+5)\binom{6k}{3k}}=\frac{3\pi}2. Motivated by Galois theory, we introduce the so-called Duality Principle for irrational series of Ramanujan's type or Zeilberger's type, and apply it to find 26 new irrational series identities. For example, we conjecture that \begin{align*}&\sum_{k=1}^\infty\frac{(32(91\sqrt{33}-523))^{k}}{k^3\binom{2k}k^2\binom{3k}k} \left((91\sqrt{33}+891)k-33\sqrt{33}-225\right) \\&\qquad=320\left(\frac{11}3\sqrt{33}L_{-11}(2)-27L_{-3}(2)\right), \end{align*} where Ld(2)=k=1(dk)k2 L_{d}(2)=\sum_{k=1}^\infty\frac{(\frac{d}k)}{k^2} for any integer d0,1(mod4)d\equiv0,1\pmod4 with (dk)(\frac{d}k) the Kronecker symbol.

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@article{arxiv.2506.01870,
  title  = {New series involving binomial coefficients (III)},
  author = {Zhi-Wei Sun},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.01870},
  year   = {2026}
}

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21 pages, final published version

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