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A Symbolic Summation Approach to Find Optimal Nested Sum Representations

Symbolic Computation 2009-04-16 v1 Combinatorics Number Theory

Abstract

We consider the following problem: Given a nested sum expression, find a sum representation such that the nested depth is minimal. We obtain a symbolic summation framework that solves this problem for sums defined, e.g., over hypergeometric, qq-hypergeometric or mixed hypergeometric expressions. Recently, our methods have found applications in quantum field theory.

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@article{arxiv.0904.2323,
  title  = {A Symbolic Summation Approach to Find Optimal Nested Sum Representations},
  author = {Carsten Schneider},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0904.2323},
  year   = {2009}
}

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To appear in Clay Mathematics Proceedings

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