Showing that $\sum\limits_{n \text{ odd}}\frac{1}{n\sinh\pi n}=\frac{\ln 2}{8}$
$$-\frac{8\varepsilon_0V_0}{\pi}\sum_{n \text{ odd}}\frac{1}{n\sinh(n\pi)}=\boxed{\displaystyle-\frac{\varepsilon_0V_0}{\pi}\ln 2.}$$ I have not found a way to sum this series analytically. Mathematica gives the numerical value $0.0866434$, which agrees precisely with $\ln2/8.$
Can someone do this series please? it is from the book on electrodynamics by Griffiths. Its in the solution manual 3.48.
Lemma. For $x>0$, we have $$\sum_{n\text{ odd}}\frac{1}{n\sinh nx}=-\frac12\,\ln\frac{\vartheta_4\left(0|e^{-x}\right)}{\vartheta_3\left(0|e^{-x}\right)}.\tag{1}$$ Proof. Let us write $$\frac{1}{\sinh nx}=\frac{2}{e^{nx}}\sum_{k=0}^{\infty}e^{-2knx}= 2\sum_{k=0}^{\infty}e^{-(2k+1)nx}.$$ Substituting this into the left side of (1) and using that $\displaystyle\sum_{n\text{ odd}}\frac{q^n}{n}=-\frac12\ln\frac{1-q}{1+q}$, we get $$\sum_{n\text{ odd}}\frac{1}{n\sinh nx}=-\ln\prod_{k=0}^{\infty}\frac{1-e^{-(2k+1)x}}{1+e^{-(2k+1)x}}=-\frac12\,\ln\frac{\vartheta_4\left(0|e^{-x}\right)}{\vartheta_3\left(0|e^{-x}\right)},$$ where at the last step we have used product representations of the Jacobi theta functions (see e.g. (92), (93) here). $\blacksquare$
The formula $$\sum_{n\text{ odd}}\frac{1}{n\sinh \pi n}=\frac{\ln2}{8}$$ then immediately follows from the special values \begin{align*} \vartheta_3\left(0|e^{-\pi}\right)=\frac{\pi^{\frac14}}{\Gamma\left(\frac34\right)},\qquad \vartheta_4\left(0|e^{-\pi}\right)=\frac{\pi^{\frac14}}{2^{\frac14}\Gamma\left(\frac34\right)}. \end{align*}