A simple proof of Andrews's 5F4 evaluation
Classical Analysis and ODEs
2015-09-16 v1 Combinatorics
Abstract
We give a simple proof of George Andrews's balanced 5F4 evaluation using two fundamental principles: the nth difference of a polynomial of degree less than n is zero, and a polynomial of degree n that vanishes at n+1 points is identically zero.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1303.1757,
title = {A simple proof of Andrews's 5F4 evaluation},
author = {Ira M. Gessel},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1303.1757},
year = {2015}
}