A note on a hypergeometric transformation formula due to Slater with an application

Abstract

In this note we state (with minor corrections) and give an alternative proof of a very general hypergeometric transformation formula due to Slater. As an application, we obtain a new hypergeometric transformation formula for a ${}_5{F}_4(-1)$ series with one pair of parameters differing by unity expressed as a linear combination of two ${}_3{F}_2(1)$ series.

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