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17 q-Hypergeometric and Related FunctionsProperties

Β§17.11 Transformations of q-Appell Functions

17.11.1 \Phi^{(1)}\left(a;b,b^{\prime};c;q;x,y\right)=\frac{\left(a,bx,b^{\prime}y;q%
\right)_{\infty}}{\left(c,x,y;q\right)_{\infty}}{{}_{3}\phi_{2}}\left({c/a,x,y%
\atop bx,b^{\prime}y};q,a\right),
17.11.2 \Phi^{(2)}\left(a;b,b^{\prime};c,c^{\prime};q;x,y\right)=\frac{\left(b,ax;q%
\right)_{\infty}}{\left(c,x;q\right)_{\infty}}\sum_{n,r\geqq 0}\frac{\left(a,b%
^{\prime};q\right)_{n}\left(c/b,x;q\right)_{r}b^{r}y^{n}}{\left(q,c^{\prime};q%
\right)_{n}\left(q;q\right)_{r}\left(ax;q\right)_{n+r}},
17.11.3 \Phi^{(3)}\left(a,a^{\prime};b,b^{\prime};c;q;x,y\right)=\frac{\left(a,bx;q%
\right)_{\infty}}{\left(c,x;q\right)_{\infty}}\sum_{n,r\geqq 0}\frac{\left(a^{%
\prime},b^{\prime};q\right)_{n}\left(x;q\right)_{r}\left(c/a;q\right)_{n+r}a^{%
r}y^{n}}{\left(q,c/a;q\right)_{n}\left(q,bx;q\right)_{r}}.

Of (17.11.1)–(17.11.3) only (17.11.1) has a natural generalization: the following sum reduces to (17.11.1) when n=2.