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$\sum_{i=1}^{n} \frac {x^{2i-1}}{\sqrt{2i}}$ as polylogarithm

$$\sum_{i=1}^{n} \frac {x^{2i-1}}{\sqrt{2i}}$$ It is very clear for me that it has to be polylogarithm function but as it is partial sum I tried to split the series as $$\sum_{i=1}^{\infty} \frac {x^{...
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Yet another difficult logarithmic integral

This question is a follow-up to MSE#3142989. Two seemingly innocent hypergeometric series ($\phantom{}_3 F_2$) $$ \sum_{n\geq 0}\left[\frac{1}{4^n}\binom{2n}{n}\right]^2\frac{(-1)^n}{2n+1}\qquad \...
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Closed form for $\sum_{n=0}^\infty\frac{\Gamma\left(n+\tfrac14\right)}{2^n\,(4n+1)^2\,n!}$

I was experimenting with hypergeometric-like series and discovered the following conjecture (so far confirmed by more than $5000$ decimal digits): $$\sum_{n=0}^\infty\frac{\Gamma\!\left(n+\tfrac14\...
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