Noncommutative QQ-Gauss summations for basic hypergeometric series

Let AA, BB, and CC be noncommutative parameters in a Banach algebra, with QQ commuting with each of AA, BB, and CC. Assume that BC1ABC^{-1}A commutes with each of AA, BB, and CC, and that

A1CB1<1.\|A^{-1}CB^{-1}\|<1.

Write 2ϕ1{}_2\phi_1 for the noncommutative basic hypergeometric series and use the corresponding infinite noncommutative QQ-shifted-factorial notation. Noncommutative QQ-Gauss summations. The type I and type II series should satisfy, respectively,

2ϕ1 ⁣A,BC;Q,A1CB1=CB1,A1CC,A1CB1;Q,I,{}_2\phi_1\!\left\lceil\begin{matrix}A,B\\ C\end{matrix}\,;Q,A^{-1}CB^{-1}\right\rfloor= \left\lceil\begin{matrix}CB^{-1},A^{-1}C\\ C,A^{-1}CB^{-1}\end{matrix};Q,I\right\rfloor_\infty,

and

2ϕ1 ⁣A,BC;Q,A1CB1=CB1Q,A1CQC,A1CB1;Q,I×(ICB1)(IA1C).{}_2\phi_1\!\left\lfloor\begin{matrix}A,B\\ C\end{matrix}\,;Q,A^{-1}CB^{-1}\right\rceil= \left\lfloor\begin{matrix}CB^{-1}Q,A^{-1}CQ\\ C,A^{-1}CB^{-1}\end{matrix};Q,I\right\rceil_\infty\times (I-CB^{-1})(I-A^{-1}C).

These are noncommutative QQ-analogues of Gauss summation formulas, extending the corresponding classical identities. Their validity is conjectural because they are obtained by taking the termwise limit nn\to\infty in a finite summation; convergence and the interchange of limit and summation require justification in each case.

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Michael Schlosser, “Summation formulae for noncommutative hypergeometric series”, arXiv:math/0411136 (2004).

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