Show that $\sum\limits_{k=1}^{\infty}\frac{\zeta(2k)}{(k+1)(2k+1)}=\frac12$ I was doing a integral which ends up with a tough series part:
$$\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}\frac{\zeta(2k)}{(k+1)(2k+1)}$$
Mathematica says $$\frac12$$
Which agrees with the anwer...Anyone know how to evaluate this?
 A: Interesting, here is my attempt. Nothing is rigorous. 
Start with
$$\sum_{k=1}^{\infty} \frac{x^{2k-1}}{\Gamma(2k)(k+1)(2k+1)}
= \sum_{k=1}^{\infty} \frac{4 k x^{2k-1}}{(2k+2)!} 
= 2\frac{d}{dx}\left[\sum_{k=1}^{\infty}\frac{x^{2k}}{(2k+2)!}\right]
= 2\frac{d}{dx}\left[\frac{\cosh x - 1 - \frac{x^2}{2}}{x^2}\right]
= \frac{e^x - e^{-x}}{x^2} - 2 \frac{e^x + e^{-x} - 2}{x^3}
$$
Divide both sides by $e^x - 1$, integrate and use the identity for $\Re(s) > 1$:
$$\zeta(s)\Gamma(s) = \int_0^{\infty}\frac{x^{s-1}}{e^x-1} dx$$
We get:
$$\sum_{k=1}^{\infty} \frac{\zeta(2k)}{(k+1)(2k+1)}
= \int_0^{\infty} \left[\frac{1+e^{-x}}{x^2} - 2 \frac{1-e^{-x}}{x^3}\right] dx 
= \int_0^{\infty} \frac{d}{dx}\left[-\frac{1}{x} + \frac{1-e^{-x}}{x^2}\right]dx\\
= -\lim_{x\to 0} \left[-\frac{1}{x} + \frac{1-e^{-x}}{x^2}\right]
= \frac12 
$$
A: Using the definition of $\zeta$ and exchanging the order of summation (which can be done without flinching, since everything is positive), one sees that the sum $S$ to be computed is 
$$
S=\sum_{n=1}^{+\infty}\left(n^2u(\tfrac1n)-1\right),\quad\text{with}\quad u(t)=\sum\limits_{k=0}^{+\infty}\frac{2t^{2k+2}}{(2k+1)(2k+2)}.
$$
From here, only elementary analysis is required. To compute $u$, note that $u(0)=u'(0)=0$ and that
$$
u''(t)=\sum\limits_{k=0}^{+\infty}2t^{2k}=\frac2{1-t^2}=\frac1{1-t}+\frac1{1+t},
$$
hence, for every $|t|\leqslant1$,
$$
u(t)=(1+t)\log(1+t)+(1-t)\log(1-t).
$$
This yields, for each integer $n\geqslant1$,
$$
n^2u(\tfrac1n)=n(n+1)\log(n+1)+n(n-1)\log(n-1)-2n^2\log n,
$$
hence, for every $N\geqslant1$,
$$
\sum_{n=1}^Nn^2u(\tfrac1n)=\sum_{n=1}^{N+1}n(n-1)\log(n)+\sum_{n=1}^{N-1}n(n+1)\log(n)-\sum_{n=1}^N2n^2\log n,
$$
that is,
$$
\sum_{n=1}^Nn^2u(\tfrac1n)=N(N+1)\log(1+\tfrac1N).
$$
Since $\log(1+x)=x-\frac12x^2+o(x^2)$ when $x\to0$, when $N\to\infty$, the RHS is
$$
N(N+1)\left(\tfrac1N-\tfrac12\tfrac1{N^2}+o\left(\tfrac1{N^2}\right)\right)=N+\tfrac12+o(1).
$$
This proves (rigorously) that
$$
S=\tfrac12.
$$
