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Summation and transformation formulas for elliptic hypergeometric series

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Using matrix inversion and determinant evaluation techniques we prove several summation and transformation formulas for terminating, balanced, very-well-poised, elliptic hypergeometric series.

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Warnaar, S.O. Summation and transformation formulas for elliptic hypergeometric series. Constr. Approx. 18, 479–502 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00365-002-0501-6

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