**qMultiSum**: A Mathematica package for proving q-hypergeometric multi-sum identities
======================================================================================

This package is part of the |PACKAGE_NAME| bundle. See :ref:`Download`.

Short Description
-----------------

``qMultiSum`` is a Mathematica package for proving q-hypergeometric
multiple summation identities.

The package has been developed by `Axel Riese`_, a former member
of the `RISC Combinatorics group`_.

Author
------

  * `Axel Riese`_

Accompanying Files
------------------

Some examples can be found in the Mathematica notebook accompanying
the author's qZeil implementation.

  * `qMultiSumDemo.nb <qMultiSum/qMultiSumDemo.nb>`_

Important Upgrade Information
-----------------------------

Beginning with version 2.2 the main function is called ``pqTelescope``
instead of ``qTelescope``.

Literature
----------

Information on the installation and use of the package (together with
its theoretical background) can be found in the paper

  * A. Riese,
    **qMultiSum - A Package for Proving q-Hypergeometric Multiple Summation Identities**,
    Journal of Symbolic Computation 35 (2003), 349-376.
    `[original pdf from JSC] <http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747717102001384>`_
    `[local copy] <http://www.risc.jku.at/publications/download/risc_427/qmultisum.pdf>`_

.. _RISC Combinatorics group: http://www.risc.jku.at/research/combinat
.. _Axel Riese: https://risc.jku.at/m/axel-riese/