Computing a Closed Form for an Infinite Series Involving ArcSins
Specifically, I would like compute the following in closed form for some $\alpha \in [0,1]$ $$ \sum_{\ell \geq 1} \arcsin( \alpha^\ell ) \left( 1 + 2 \alpha^{2\ell} \right) \,. $$ I have tried usi...