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Several closed formulae are established for terminating Watson–like hypergeometric 3 F 2-series by investigating, through Gould and Hsu’s fundamental pair of inverse series relations, the dual relations of Dougall’s formula for the very well–poised 5 F 4-series.
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Chu, W., Zhou, R.R. (2013). Watson–Like Formulae for Terminating 3 F 2-Series. In: Kotsireas, I., Zima, E. (eds) Advances in Combinatorics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30979-3_7
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