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Two Proofs of the 6Ψ6 Summation Theorem

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2009

L. J. Slater  and
A. Lakin
L. J. Slater
Affiliation:
University Mathematical Laboratory, Cambridge.
A. Lakin
Affiliation:
College of Technology, Manchester.
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The 6Ψ6 summation theorem was first proved by Bailey1, who deduced it indirectly from a transformation of a well-poised 8Φ7 series into two 4Φ3 series. No direct proof of the theorem has been published, and, since it has interesting applications in the proofs of various identities which occur in combinatory analysis, for example the A series of Rogers2 and some elegant identities due to Ramanujan3, we give two new proofs of the theorem in this paper.

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Research Article
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Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society , Volume 9 , Issue 3 , July 1956 , pp. 116 - 121
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Copyright © Edinburgh Mathematical Society 1956

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