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Boundary Values & Fourier Series · Challenge problem

The half-range cosine series of sin⁡x\sin x on [0,π][0,\pi] is 2π−4π∑m≥1cos⁡2mx4m2−1\dfrac2\pi - \dfrac4\pi\sum_{m\ge1}\dfrac{\cos 2mx}{4m^2 - 1}. Use it to find ∑m=1∞(−1)m4m2−1\displaystyle\sum_{m=1}^{\infty}\dfrac{(-1)^m}{4m^2 - 1}.