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SumTools[Hypergeometric]

  

KoepfGosper

  

indefinite summation of j-fold hypergeometric terms

 

Calling Sequence

Parameters

Description

Examples

References

Calling Sequence

KoepfGosper(T, n)

Parameters

T

-

hypergeometric term in n

n

-

name; specifies summation index

Description

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The KoepfGosper(T, n) command solves the problem of indefinite summation of j-fold hypergeometric terms, that is, for the input j-fold hypergeometric term T of n, it constructs a function G which is a sum of hypergeometric terms of n such that T⁡n=G⁡n+1−G⁡n, provided that such a G exists. Otherwise, the function returns the error message ``no solution found''.

• 

The parameter T is a j-fold hypergeometric term in n if T⁡n+jT⁡n is a rational function in n.

Examples

> 

with⁡SumToolsHypergeometric:

> 

T≔n⁢n2!

T≔n⁢n2!

(1)
> 

KoepfGosper⁡T,n

2⁢n2!+2⁢n2+12!

(2)
> 

IsHypergeometricTerm⁡T,n

false

(3)

Note that T is not a hypergeometric term in n. Hence, Gosper's algorithm is not applicable to T.

References

  

Koepf, W. "Algorithms for m-fold Hypergeometric Summation." Journal of Symbolic Computation. Vol. 20 No. 4. (1995): 399-417.

  

Koepf, W. Hypergeometric Summation: An Algorithmic Approach to Summation and Special Function Identities. Braunschweig, Germany: Vieweg, 1998.

See Also

SumTools[Hypergeometric]

SumTools[Hypergeometric][Gosper]

SumTools[Hypergeometric][KoepfZeilberger]