Power series for roots of a trinomial and Kummer-like identities for higher order hypergeometric series

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The article explores roots of the trinomial equation \(x^n + px + q = 0\) using hypergeometric series, focusing on deriving alternative series solutions for cubic cases and generalizing these to higher orders through new identities akin to Kummer's. For the cubic case (\(n=3\)), the authors derive series in powers of the discriminant \(D\) and its reciprocal, extending these methods to develop similar series for all \(n \geq 3\).

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arXiv:2606.23750v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: We study the trinomial equation $x^n +px +q =0$. Here $p$ and $q$ are both real and nonzero. For $n\ge3$, expressions for the roots have been published as hypergeometric series in powers of the parameter $q^{n-1}/p^n$. For the special case of the cubic ($n=3$), we employ Kummer's identities to derive alternative series solutions in powers of the discriminant $D$, and also series in powers of $1/D$. We next derive new series, in powers of $D$ and also in powers of $1/D$, for all $n\ge 3$. The resulting series suggest identities analogous to Kummer's identities, for higher order hypergeometric series.