Summations and transformations for multiple basic and elliptic hypergeometric series by determinant evaluations (Q1432907)

There are different type of multivariable basic hypergeometric series. Several of these can be associated to Lie algebras. The one studied in this paper can be studied from a purely analytic point of view. The authors establish a multivariable extension of Bailey's nonterminating \({}_{10}\phi_9\) transformation. They use this to prove various terminating summations and other identities. Some of these results are extended to the case of elliptic hypergeometric series. For a general account of the importance of basic hypergeometric series in the theory of special functions, see the book of \textit{G. Andrews}, \textit{R. Askey} and \textit{R. Roy} [Special functions (1999; Zbl 0920.33001)].