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REDUCE package for the indefinite and definite summation

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2009-09-25 v1

Abstract

This article describes the REDUCE package ZEILBERG implemented by Gregor St\"olting and the author. The REDUCE package ZEILBERG is a careful implementation of the Gosper and Zeilberger algorithms for indefinite, and definite summation of hypergeometric terms, respectively. An expression aka_k is called a {\sl hypergeometric term} (or {\sl closed form}), if ak/ak1a_{k}/a_{k-1} is a rational function with respect to kk. Typical hypergeometric terms are ratios of products of powers, factorials, Γ\Gamma function terms, binomial coefficients, and shifted factorials (Pochhammer symbols) that are integer-linear in their arguments.

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@article{arxiv.math/9412228,
  title  = {REDUCE package for the indefinite and definite summation},
  author = {Wolfram Koepf},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/9412228},
  year   = {2009}
}