On an identity of Chaundy and Bullard. III. Basic and elliptic extensions

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Authors: Natsuko Hoshi, Makoto Katori, Tom H. Koornwinder, Michael J. Schlosser 

Publication date: 19 April 2023

Abstract: The identity by Chaundy and Bullard expresses $1$ as a sum of two truncated binomial series in one variable where the truncations depend on two different non-negative integers. We present basic and elliptic extensions of the Chaundy--Bullard identity. The most general result, the elliptic extension, involves, in addition to the nome $p$ and the base $q$, four independent complex variables. Our proof uses a suitable weighted lattice path model. We also show how three of the basic extensions can be viewed as B'ezout identities. Inspired by the lattice path model, we give a new elliptic extension of the binomial theorem, taking the form of an identity for elliptic commuting variables. We further present variants of the homogeneous form of the identity for $q$-commuting and for elliptic commuting variables.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Elliptic functions and integrals (33E05) Factorials, binomial coefficients, combinatorial functions (05A10) Combinatorial identities, bijective combinatorics (05A19) (q)-calculus and related topics (05A30) Signed and weighted graphs (05C22) Random walks on graphs (05C81) Binomial coefficients; factorials; (q)-identities (11B65) Basic hypergeometric functions in one variable, ({}_rphi_s) (33D15)

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