《APPLICATIONS OF HYPERGEOMETRIC SUMMATION THEOREMS OF KUMMER AND DIXON INVOLVING DOUBLE SERIES》.pdfVIP

Acta Mathematica Scientia 2014,34B(3):619–629 APPLICATIONS OF HYPERGEOMETRIC SUMMATION THEOREMS OF KUMMER AND DIXON INVOLVING DOUBLE SERIES∗ H. M. SRIVASTAVA† Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 3R4, Canada E-mail : harimsri@math.uvic.ca M. I. QURESHI Department of Applied Sciences and Humanities, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Jamia Millia Islamia (A Central University), New Delhi 110025, India E-mail : miqureshi delhi@yahoo.co.in Kaleem A. QURAISHI Section of Mathematics, Mewat Engineering College (Wakf), Palla, Nuh, Mewat 122107, Haryana, India E-mail : kaleemspn@yahoo.co.in Ashish ARORA Department of Mathematics, Noida Institute of Engineering and Technology, Greater Noida, Gautambuddha Nagar 201306, Uttar Pradesh, India E-mail : dr.ashisharora5@ Abstract Using series iteration techniques, we derive a number of general double series identities and apply each of these identities in order to deduce several hypergeometric reduc- tion formulas involving the Srivastava-Daoust double hypergeometric function. The results presented in this article are based essentially upon the hypergeometric summation theorems of Kummer and Dixon. Key words Pochhammer’s symbol; Gamma function; series identities; hypergeometric re- duction formulas;