Let $\phi$ be the famous golden ratio $\frac{\sqrt5+1}2$, and let
$\zeta(3)=\sum_{n=1}^\infty\frac1{n^3}.$

In 2014, in the paper

>Zhi-Wei Sun, _New series for some special values of $L$-functions_, Nanjing Univ.  J. Math.  Biquarterly **32** (2015), no. 2, pp 189–218, arXiv:[1010.4298](https://arxiv.org/abs/1010.4298), [author pdf](http://maths.nju.edu.cn/~zwsun/165s.pdf).

 I formulated the following conjecture involving both $\phi$ and $\zeta(3)$ (equations (3.11) and (3.12) in the above paper).

**Conjecture.** We have the identities
$$\sum_{k=1}^\infty\frac{L_{2k}}{k^2\binom{2k}k}\left(\frac1k+\frac1{k+1}+\cdots+\frac1{2k}\right)=\frac{41\zeta(3)+4\pi^2\log\phi}{25}\tag{1}$$
and $$\sum_{k=1}^\infty\frac{v_k}{k^2\binom{2k}k}\left(\frac1k+\frac1{k+1}+\cdots+\frac1{2k}\right)=\frac{124\zeta(3)+\pi^2\log\left(5^5\phi^6\right)}{50},
\tag{2}$$
where the Lucas numbers $L_0,L_1,L_2,\ldots$
are given by
$$L_0=2,\ L_1=1,\ \text{and}\ L_{n+1}=L_n+L_{n-1}\ \ \text{for all}\ n=1,2,3,\ldots,$$
and $v_0,v_1,v_2,\ldots,$ are defined by
$$v_0=2,\ v_1=5,\ \text{and}\ v_{n+1}=5(v_n-v_{n-1})\ \ \text{for all}\ n=1,2,3,\ldots.$$

*Remark*. I found $(1)$ and $(2)$ on Nov. 29, 2014 and Dec. 7, 2014 respectively. As the two series converge rapidly, we can easily check $(1)$ and $(2)$ numerically. It is easy to show that
$$\sum_{k=1}^\infty\frac{L_{2k}}{k^2\binom{2k}k}=\frac{\pi^2}5\ \ \text{and}\ \ \sum_{k=1}^\infty\frac{v_k}{k^2\binom{2k}k}=\frac25\pi^2.$$

**QUESTION.** How to prove the identities $(1)$ and $(2)$?