The well-poised thread: An organized chronicle of some amazing summations and their implications

George E. Andrews

doi:10.1023/A:1009746303654

The well-poised thread: An organized chronicle of some amazing summations and their implications

George E. Andrews

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This paper provides an organized history of well-poised hypergeometric series. The object is to reveal the process by which a rather narrow mathematical study blossomed into a topic of widespread importance. In addition, short biographies of the early contributors are included.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	7-23
Number of pages	17
Journal	Ramanujan Journal
Volume	1
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009746303654
State	Published - 1997

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Algebra and Number Theory

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