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By means of two transformation formulas of classical hypergeometric series, several Apéry-like series involving harmonic numbers of higher order are derived for the Riemann zeta function, including a few identities conjectured by Sun (2015).
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Chu, W. Further Apéry-Like Series for Riemann Zeta Function. Math Notes 109, 136–146 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001434621010168
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