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basic hypergeometric seriesPublished online by Cambridge University Press: 01 March 2008
A new type of
basic hypergeometric series based on Macdonald polynomials is introduced. Besides a pair of Macdonald polynomials attached to two different sets of variables, a key ingredient in the
basic hypergeometric series is a bisymmetric function related to Macdonald’s commuting family of q-difference operators, to the
Selberg integrals of Tarasov and Varchenko, and to alternating sign matrices. Our main result for
series is a multivariable generalization of the celebrated q-binomial theorem. In the limit this q-binomial sum yields a new
Selberg integral for Jack polynomials.
Work supported by the Australian Research Council.