On a reduction formula for a kind of double \(q\)-integrals (Q2412369)

Summary: Using the \(q\)-integral representation of Sears' nonterminating extension of the \(q\)-Saalschütz summation, we derive a reduction formula for a kind of double \(q\)-integrals. This reduction formula is used to derive a curious double \(q\)-integral formula, and also allows us to prove a general \(q\)-beta integral formula including the Askey-Wilson integral formula [\textit{R. Askey} and \textit{J. Wilson}, Mem. Am. Math. Soc. 319, 55 p. (1985; Zbl 0572.33012)] as a special case. Using this double \(q\)-integral formula and the theory of \(q\)-partial differential equations, we derive a general \(q\)-beta integral formula, which includes the Nassrallah-Rahman integral as a special case. Our evaluation does not require the orthogonality relation for the \(q\)-Hermite polynomials and the Askey-Wilson integral formula.