A summation theorem for double hypergeometric series

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A summation theorem for double hypergeometric series

Rendiconti del Seminario Matematico della Università di Padova, tome 37 (1967), p. 230-233

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HYPERGEOMETRIC

^SERIES

by

^L.^CARLITZ

*)

1. In contrast with the situation for

ordinary hypergeometric series,

not many summation formulas are known for double series of

hyper- geometric type.

The writer

[2], [3]

^has

proved

^the

following

^results.

provided

*) Supported

ⁱⁿ

part by

^NSF

grant

^GP-5174.

Indirizzo dell’A.:

Department

^ofMathematics, ^Duke

University,

Durham, North

Carolina,

^USA.

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231

In the

present

^note^weconsider the sum

which is

absolutely convergent

^for

We shall show that

This result was

orginally

^obtained

by using

^areduction formula

[1,

p.

81]

^{for the}

Appell

^function

.I’2.

^However^we^shall

give

^a^direct

proof

below.

2.

By

Vandermonde’s theorem

Thus

(1.5)

^becomes

By

Gauss’s theorem the sum on the extreme

right

^is

equal

^to

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It follows that

Applying

Gauss’s theorem to the inner sum, ^we

get

by

^another

application

^ofGauss’s theorem. This

evidently completes

the

proof

^of

(1.7).

3. If we take a

= - m, ac’

- - n, where _{m, n}^are

nonnegative

^inte-

gers, y

(1.7)

^reduces^to

If we

put

we may write

(3.1)

in the f orm

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233

It also follows from

(3.1 )

^that

Hence if we

put

it is clear that

REFERENCES

[1] ^BAILEY^{W. N.:}Generalized

hypergeometric

^series,

Cambridge,

^1935.

[2] CARLITZ L.: A Saalschützian theorem

for

^double^series,^Journal^of^{the London}

Mathematical

Society,

^vol.³⁸(1963), pp. 415-418.

[3] CARLITZ L.: Another Saalschützian theorem

for

^double^series,Rendiconti del Seminario Matematico della Università di Padova, ^vol.³⁴(1964), pp. 220-203.

Manoscritto

pervenuto

ⁱⁿredazione il 14

maggio

^1966.

A summation theorem for double hypergeometric series

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A summation theorem for double hypergeometric series

Rendiconti del Seminario Matematico della Università di Padova, tome 37 (1967), p. 230-233

HYPERGEOMETRIC

by

*)

ordinary hypergeometric series,

hyper- geometric type.

[2], [3]

proved

following

provided

provided

*) Supported

part by

grant

Department

University,

Carolina,

present

absolutely convergent

orginally

by using

[1,

81]

Appell

.I’2.

give

proof

By

(1.5)

By

right

equal

Applying

get

by

application

evidently completes

proof

(1.7).

= - m, ac’

nonnegative

(1.7)

put

(3.1)

(3.1 )

put

hypergeometric

Cambridge,

for

Society,

for

pervenuto

maggio

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