Some expansions of hypergeometric functions in series of hypergeometric functions

Abstract

Throughout the present note we abbreviate the set of p parameters a1,…,ap by (ap), with similar interpretations for (bq), etc. Also, by [(ap)]m we mean the product , where [λ]m = Г(λ + m)/ Г(λ), and so on. One of the main results we give here is the expansion formula(1)which is valid, by analytic continuation, when, p,q,r,s,t and u are nonnegative integers such that p+r < q+s+l (or p+r = q+s+l and |zω| <1), p+t < q+u (or p + t = q + u and |z| < 1), and the various parameters including μ are so restricted that each side of equation (1) has a meaning.