The Temme's sum rule for confluent hypergeometric functions revisited. (Q1428092)

The `sum rule' given by \textit{N. M. Temme} [Numer. Math. 41, 63--82 (1983; Zbl 0489.33001)] may be written, \[ z^{-a}= \sum^\infty_{k=0} {1\over k!} (1+ a- b)_k(a)_k U(a+ k; b;z),\tag{\(*\)} \] where \(U\) denotes the standard second solution to the \({_1F_1}\) differential equation. The author points out that \((*)\) is, formally, the particular case \(p=2\), \(q= 0\), of the hypergeometric formula obtained by taking \(f= {_pF_q}\) in Taylor's formula \[ f(0)= \sum^\infty_{k=0} {1\over k!} (-u)^k f^{(k)}(u). \]