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Frobenius & Special Functions · Superchallenge problem

Using the Legendre generating function 11−2xt+t2=∑n≥0Pn(x) tn\dfrac{1}{\sqrt{1 - 2xt + t^2}} = \displaystyle\sum_{n\ge0}P_n(x)\,t^n, compute ∑n≥0Pn ⁣(−12)n+1\displaystyle\sum_{n\ge0}\frac{P_n\!\left(-\tfrac12\right)}{n+1}. (The series converges.)