THE RAMANUJAN JOURNAL, Vol. 3, No. 1 (1999), 37-43.

A $p$-analogue of the $q$-Saalschütz identity

DAN SINGER
Tiernan Communications, 5751 Copley Drive, San Diego, CA 92111
dsinger@earthlink.net

Received February 25, 1997; Accepted June 9, 1998

Abstract. A $q$, $z$-analogue of polynomials of binomial type gives rise to a bibasic extension of the $q$-Saalschütz identity.

Keywords: basic hypergeometric series, $q$-series, $q$-Saalschütz, bibasic summation formulas, polynomials of binomial type

1991 Mathematics Classification: Primary 05A10, 05A40, 33D65