The WZ Method

Herbert Wilf
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6395, USA
wilf@math.upenn.edu

Abstract

The problem of doing combinatorial sums, that is, sums that involve binomial coeffcients, factorials, etc., in closed form is now completely automatic, and can be done on computers. In this talk we will discuss the basic ideas of the method and its implementation.

Note

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