How to prove Gauss's Digamma Theorem?

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Here $\psi(z)$ is digamma function, $\Gamma(z)$ is gamma function. $$\psi(z)=\frac{{\Gamma}'(z)}{\Gamma(z)},$$ For positive integers $m$ and $k$ (with $m < k$), the digamma function may be expressed in terms of elementary functions as: $$\psi\left(\frac{m}{k}\right)=-\gamma-\ln(2k)-\frac{\pi}{2}\cot\left(\frac{m\pi}{k}\right)+2\sum^{[(k-1)/2]}_{n=1}\cos\left(\frac{2\pi nm}{k}\right)\ln\left(\sin \left(\frac{n\pi}{k}\right)\right). $$ How to prove it ?

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You can look at this, and the references therein.

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