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Gourevitch's series identity

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The Gourevitch series identity: The following idenitity holds: n=01+14n+76n2+168n3220n(2nn)7=32π3.\sum_{n=0}^{\infty} \frac{1 + 14 n + 76 n^2 + 168 n^3}{2^{20 n}} \binom{2n}{n}^7 = \frac{32}{\pi^3}. This was originally conjectured in [G2003] by Guillera and proven in [A2025] by Au.

Motivation

The Gourevitch series identity: The following idenitity holds: n=01+14n+76n2+168n3220n(2nn)7=32π3.\sum_{n=0}^{\infty} \frac{1 + 14 n + 76 n^2 + 168 n^3}{2^{20 n}} \binom{2n}{n}^7 = \frac{32}{\pi^3}. This was originally conjectured in [G2003] by Guillera and proven in [A2025] by Au.

Recorded upstream as solved in the literature, but no Lean proof exists here yet. It is listed as open because nothing on this site is marked solved without a proof the kernel accepts — a known result needing formalization is a tractable task, and a good place to start.

Adapted from formal-conjectures, Paper/Gourevitch.lean. Catalogued at https://doi.org/10.1080/10586458.2003.10504518.

Lean API
import Mathlib.Analysis.SpecialFunctions.Trigonometric.Basic
import Mathlib.Data.Nat.Choose.Central

namespace Conjectura.PA0004

/-- The Gourevitch series identity: The following idenitity holds: $\sum_{n=0}^{\infty} \frac{1 + 14 n + 76 n^2 + 168 n^3}{2^{20 n}} \binom{2n}{n}^7 = \frac{32}{\pi^3}.$ This was originally conjectured in [G2003] by Guillera and proven in [A2025] by Au. -/
def goal : Prop :=
  ∑' n : ℕ, ((1 + 14 * n + 76 * n ^ 2 + 168 * n ^ 3) / (2 ^ (20 * n)) : ℝ)
      * Nat.centralBinom n ^ 7 = 32 / (Real.pi ^ 3)

end Conjectura.PA0004
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## Problem PA0004 — Gourevitch's series identity

The Gourevitch series identity: The following idenitity holds: $\sum_{n=0}^{\infty} \frac{1 + 14 n + 76 n^2 + 168 n^3}{2^{20 n}} \binom{2n}{n}^7 = \frac{32}{\pi^3}.$ This was originally conjectured in [G2003] by Guillera and proven in [A2025] by Au.

## Environment (fixed — do not assume anything newer)

- Lean toolchain: `leanprover/lean4:v4.33.0-rc1`
- Mathlib: `v4.33.0-rc1`

If a lemma you want does not exist in that Mathlib, prove it inline instead of
importing something newer.

## The exact statement I must prove

```lean
theorem solution : Conjectura.PA0004.goal := by
  sorry
```

## The file I submit

```lean
import Conjectura.Problems.PA0004.Statement

namespace Submission

theorem solution : Conjectura.PA0004.goal := by
  sorry

end Submission

```

## The Lean definitions of every term in this problem

These are the actual definitions your proof will be checked against. Do not
substitute your own version of any of them.

### centralBinom

def

```lean
Nat.centralBinom
```
Defined in Mathlib.

### pi

def

```lean
Real.pi
```
Defined in Mathlib.

## Rules — submissions violating these are rejected automatically

1. **Do not change the name or type of `solution`.** It must satisfy the
   statement above exactly.
2. **Do not redefine or shadow anything from the problem's Statement module.**
   Declaring your own `goal`, or redefining a name it depends on, produces a
   proof of a *different* statement and is rejected. This is the single most
   common rejection.
3. **No `sorry`** anywhere, including in helper lemmas. It surfaces as the
   axiom `sorryAx` and is detected transitively through imports.
4. **No `native_decide`** — it surfaces as `Lean.ofReduceBool` and is not
   accepted, because it trusts compiled code rather than the kernel.
5. Only these axioms are permitted: `propext`, `Classical.choice`,
   `Quot.sound`.
6. Follow Mathlib style: hypotheses left of the colon, explicit types,
   `snake_case` theorem names, `UpperCamelCase` types.

## What I want from you

Here is my argument in informal mathematics:

> [PASTE YOUR PROOF SKETCH HERE]

Turn it into Lean 4 that compiles under the environment above and satisfies the
statement exactly. Where you are unsure a lemma exists in this Mathlib version,
say so explicitly rather than guessing a name.

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