Hypergeometric identities for 10 extended Ramanujan-type series (Q2426720)

The author considers an extension with a parameter \(a\geq 0\) of some Ramanujan series for \(\frac{1}{\pi}\) and proves some hypergeometric identities using the WZ-method. For example, one of the 7 such identities given by the author has the form \[ \begin{multlined}\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}\frac{1}{4^n} \frac{(a+\frac{1}{2})_n^3}{(a+1)_n^3}[6(n+a)+1] =\delta+\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}\frac{8a(\frac{1}{2})_n^2}{(a+1)_n^2}\\ =\frac{4}{\pi}\cdot\frac{4^a}{\cos^2\pi a}\frac{(1)_a^3}{(\frac{1}{2})_a^3}+ \frac{16a^2}{2a-1}\sum_{n=0}^{\infty} \frac{(\frac{1}{2})_n(a+\frac{1}{2})_n}{(a+1)_n(\frac{3}{2}-a)_n},\end{multlined}\tag{1} \] where \(\delta=4/\pi\) if \(a=0,\) and \(\delta=0\) if \(a>0.\) The first equality in ({1}) is strongly proved while the second one is conjectured and an explanation for such a conjecture is given. In the second part of the paper under review, the author presents 3 similar extensions of series for \(\frac{1}{\pi^2}\) obtained in \textit{J. Guillera} [Adv. Appl. Math. 29, 599--603 (2002; Zbl 1013.33010)]. In contrast to the first part, in this section the proofs also based on the WZ-method are complete.