Legendre chi in terms of polylogarithm

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Proposition: The following formula holds: $$\chi_{\nu}(z)=\dfrac{1}{2}[\mathrm{Li}_{\nu}(z)-\mathrm{Li}_{\nu}(-z)] = \mathrm{Li}_{\nu}(z)-2^{-\nu}\mathrm{Li}_{\nu}(z^2),$$ where $\chi$ denotes the Legendre chi function and $\mathrm{Li}_{\nu}$ denotes the polylogarithm.

Proof: