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corrected the formulas (there was a minor sign issue)
Vladimir Dotsenko
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We have $$\sum_k\frac{(-1)^kP(nk)}{k}=\sum_{k,p}\frac{(-1)^k}{kp^{nk}}=-\sum_p\ln\left(1+\frac{1}{p^n}\right)=\sum_p\ln\left(\frac{1-\frac{1}{p^{n}}}{1-\frac{1}{p^{2n}}}\right)=\ln\frac{\zeta(2n)}{\zeta(n)}. $$

This computation shows that your guess is correct whenever the numerator of $\zeta(2n)/\pi^{2n}$ is equal to $1$ (more or less for $n$ up to $5$, if I understand correctly), in particular for $n=3$.

Vladimir Dotsenko
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