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Series involving central binomial coefficients and higher-order harmonic numbers

Number Theory 2026-03-04 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory Combinatorics

Abstract

We derive modular parametrizations for certain infinite series whose summands involve central binomial coefficients and higher-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 LL-functions. For example, we establish the following identities conjectured by Sun:k=0(2kk)3[H2k(2)2592Hk(2)+735L7(2)86π21104]14096k=0,\sum_{k=0}^\infty\binom{2k}{k}^3\left[ \mathsf H_{2k}^{(2)}-\frac{25}{92}\mathsf H_{ k}^{(2)} +\frac{735L_{-7}(2)-86\pi^{2}}{1104}\right]\frac{1}{4096^{k}}=0,k=0(2kk)3[H2k(3)43352Hk(3)]42k+54096k=555ζ(3)77π32G11,\sum_{k=0}^\infty\binom{2k}k^3\left[\mathsf H_{2k}^{(3)}-\frac{43}{352}\mathsf H_k^{(3)}\right]\frac{42k+5}{4096^k}=\frac{555\zeta(3)}{77\pi}-\frac{32G}{11}, where Hk(r):=0<nk1nr \mathsf H^{(r)}_k:= \sum_{0<n\leq k}\frac{1}{n^r}, L7(2):=n=1(7n)1n2=112+122132+142152162+182+ L_{-7}(2):= \sum_{n=1}^\infty\left(\frac{-7}{n}\right)\frac{1}{n^2}=\frac{1}{1^2}+\frac{1}{2^2}-\frac{1}{3^2}+\frac{1}{4^{2}}-\frac{1}{5^{2}}-\frac{1}{6^{2}}+\frac{1}{8^{2}}+\cdots , G:=n=0(1)n(2n+1)2 G:= \sum_{n=0}^\infty\frac{(-1)^n}{(2n+1)^2}, and ζ(3):=n=11n3 \zeta(3):= \sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac1{n^3}.

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@article{arxiv.2602.12091,
  title  = {Series involving central binomial coefficients and higher-order harmonic numbers},
  author = {Zhi-Wei Sun and Yajun Zhou},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.12091},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

37 pages, 2 tables. Theorem 1.2 added

R2 v1 2026-07-01T10:33:58.144Z