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New Method for Hypergeometric Expansion
Mathematica 6 adds a new level of capability for expressing hypergeometric functions in terms of more elementary functions.
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FunctionExpand[HypergeometricPFQ[{1/4, 3/2, 3/4}, {1, 1}, z]]
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FunctionExpand[HypergeometricPFQ[{3/4}, {-7/2, 9/4}, -z^4]]
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