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Infinite and finite series involving central binomial coefficients and closed forms of generalized hypergeometric functions

General Mathematics 2026-08-03 v1

Abstract

Let Z={1,2,}\mathbb{Z}^-=\setminus\{-1,-2,\dotsc\}. In 2023, Qi and Lim gave two claims for summing the infinite series k=1(2kk)1α+k(±14)k,αCZ. \sum_{k=1}^{\infty} \binom{2k}{k} \frac{1}{\alpha+k} \biggl(\frac{\pm1}{4}\biggr)^k, \quad \alpha\in\mathbb{C}\setminus\mathbb{Z}^-. In present paper, the authors establish several sum functions of the infinite and finite series k=1(2kk)1α+k(z4)kandk=1n(2kk)1α+k(z4)k \sum_{k=1}^{\infty}\binom{2k}{k}\frac{1}{\alpha+k}\biggl(\frac{z}{4}\biggr)^k \quad\text{and}\quad \sum_{k=1}^{n}\binom{2k}{k}\frac{1}{\alpha+k}\biggl(\frac{z}{4}\biggr)^k for αCZ\alpha\in\mathbb{C}\setminus\mathbb{Z}^- and nN={1,2,}n\in\mathbb{N}=\{1,2,\dotsc\} in terms of the Gauss hypergeometric functions 2F1{}_2F_1 and the generalized hypergeometric functions 3F2{}_3F_2 for αCZ\alpha\in\mathbb{C}\setminus\mathbb{Z}^- and nNn\in\mathbb{N}. In light of the Euler integral representation of the Gauss hypergeometric function 2F1{}_2F_1, the author present several closed forms of two Gauss hypergeometric functions 2F1{}_2F_1, two generalized hypergeometric functions 3F2{}_3F_2, and the classical incomplete beta functions Bz(12,12+n)B_z\bigl(\frac12, \frac{1}{2}+n\bigr) and Bz(12,1+n)B_z\bigl(\frac12, 1+n\bigr). With the help of the Euler hypergeometric transform, the authors derive closed forms of five Gauss hypergeometric functions. In addition, the authors also obtain a closed form of the differential operator [(1z)ddz(1z)]narcsinzz(1z)\bigl[(1-z)\frac{\operatorname{d}}{\operatorname{d}z}(1-z)\bigr]^n \frac{\arcsin\sqrt{z}}{\sqrt{z(1-z)}} for nN0={0}Nn\in\mathbb{N}_0=\{0\}\cup\mathbb{N}.

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@article{arxiv.2608.05193,
  title  = {Infinite and finite series involving central binomial coefficients and closed forms of generalized hypergeometric functions},
  author = {Ganesh Bahadur Basnet and Narayan Prasad Pahari and Feng Qi and Arjun Kumar Rathie},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2608.05193},
  year   = {2026}
}

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