Can You Prove the Convergence of a Trigonometric Series?

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Homework Statement



I need to show that [itex]\sum\limits_{n=0}^\infty \frac{sin^{4}(\frac{n\pi}{4})}{n^2} = \frac{\pi^{2}}{16}[/itex]

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I have this property for odd n

[itex]\sum\limits_{n=0}^\infty \frac{1}{n^2} = \frac{\pi^{2}}{8}[/itex]

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I have no idea how to do this, any help?
 
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There are only so many values that ##\sin(\frac{n\pi}{4})## can take. How about splitting the sum up on that basis?