Proof of a determinant evaluation conjectured by Bombieri, Hunt and van der Poorten

New York Journal of Mathematics

Volumn 3, Issue , 1997, Pages 54-102

  Krattenthaler, C ^a   Zeilberger, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Temple University   (United States)

Author keywords

Binomials; Determinant; Hypergeometric series

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002518124     PISSN: 10769803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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