Srivastavaによる二重超幾何級数の展開公式 を応用することによって, 以下の表示が示される. 以下の和はWatsonの和公式に現れる和の二重類似である.
\begin{align} &\sum_{0\leq k,l}\frac{(a,2b,2c)_k}{k!\left(b+c+\frac 12\right)_k}\frac{(a,2b',2c')_l}{l!\left(b'+c'+\frac 12\right)_l}\frac 1{(2a)_{k+l}}\\ &=\frac{\pi\Gamma\left(b+c+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(b'+c'+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(a+\frac 12-b-c\right)\Gamma\left(a+\frac 12-b'-c'\right)\Gamma\left(a+\frac 12\right)^2}{\Gamma\left(b+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(c+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(a+\frac 12-b\right)\Gamma\left(a+\frac 12-c\right)\Gamma\left(b'+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(c'+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(a+\frac 12-b'\right)\Gamma\left(a+\frac 12-c'\right)}\\ &\cdot\F76{a-\frac 12,\frac a2+\frac 34,a,b,c,b',c'}{\frac a2-\frac 14,\frac 12,\frac 12+a-b,\frac 12+a-c,\frac 12+a-b',\frac 12+a-c'}1\\ &-\frac {2\pi\Gamma\left(b+c+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(b'+c'+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(a+\frac 12-b-c\right)\Gamma\left(a+\frac 12-b'-c'\right)\Gamma\left(a+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(a+\frac 32\right)}{\Gamma(b)\Gamma(c)\Gamma(1+a-b)\Gamma(1+a-c)\Gamma(b')\Gamma(c')\Gamma(1+a-b')\Gamma(1+a-c')}\\ &\cdot\F76{a+\frac 12,\frac a2+\frac 54,a,b+\frac 12,c+\frac 12,b'+\frac 12,c'+\frac 12}{\frac a2+\frac 14,\frac 32,1+a-b,1+a-c,1+a-b',1+a-c'}1 \end{align}
Srivastavaによる展開公式
より,
\begin{align}
&\sum_{0\leq m,n}\frac{(a,2b,2c)_m(a,2b',2c')_n}{(b+c+\frac 12)m!(b'+c'+\frac 12)_nn!(2a)_{m+n}}\\
&=\sum_{0\leq n}\frac{(a,2b,2c,a',2b',2c')_n}{(2a+n-1)_n(2a)_{2n}\left(b+c+\frac 12,b'+c'+\frac 12\right)_n}\frac{(-1)^n}{n!}\\
&\cdot\F32{a+n,2b+n,2c+n}{b+c+\frac 12+n,2a+2n}{1}\F32{a+n,2b'+n,2c'+n}{b'+c'+\frac 12+n,2a+2n}{1}
\end{align}
である.
Watsonの${}_3F_2$和公式
より,
\begin{align}
\F32{a+n,2b+n,2c+n}{b+c+\frac 12+n,2a+2n}{1}&=\frac{\Gamma\left(\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(b+c+\frac 12+n\right)\Gamma\left(a+n+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(a+\frac 12-b-c\right)}{\Gamma\left(b+\frac{n+1}2\right)\Gamma\left(c+\frac {n+1}2\right)\Gamma\left(a+\frac {n+1}2-b\right)\Gamma\left(a+\frac {n+1}2-c\right)}\\
\F32{a+n,2b'+n,2c'+n}{b'+c'+\frac 12+n,2a+2n}{1}&=\frac{\Gamma\left(\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(b'+c'+\frac 12+n\right)\Gamma\left(a+n+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(a+\frac 12-b'-c'\right)}{\Gamma\left(b'+\frac{n+1}2\right)\Gamma\left(c'+\frac {n+1}2\right)\Gamma\left(a+\frac {n+1}2-b'\right)\Gamma\left(a+\frac {n+1}2-c'\right)}
\end{align}
を用いると,
\begin{align}
&\sum_{0\leq n}\frac{(a,2b,2c,a,2b',2c')_n}{(2a+n-1)_n(2a)_{2n}\left(b+c+\frac 12,b'+c'+\frac 12\right)_n}\frac{(-1)^n}{n!}\\
&\cdot\F32{a+n,2b+n,2c+n}{b+c+\frac 12+n,2a+2n}{1}\F32{a+n,2b'+n,2c'+n}{b'+c'+\frac 12+n,2a+2n}{1}\\
&=\sum_{0\leq n}\frac{(a,2b,2c,a,2b',2c')_n}{(2a+n-1)_n(2a)_{2n}\left(b+c+\frac 12,b'+c'+\frac 12\right)_n}\frac{(-1)^n}{n!}\\
&\cdot\frac{\Gamma\left(\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(b+c+\frac 12+n\right)\Gamma\left(a+n+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(a+\frac 12-b-c\right)}{\Gamma\left(b+\frac{n+1}2\right)\Gamma\left(c+\frac {n+1}2\right)\Gamma\left(a+\frac {n+1}2-b\right)\Gamma\left(a+\frac {n+1}2-c\right)}\\
&\cdot\frac{\Gamma\left(\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(b'+c'+\frac 12+n\right)\Gamma\left(a+n+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(a+\frac 12-b'-c'\right)}{\Gamma\left(b'+\frac{n+1}2\right)\Gamma\left(c'+\frac {n+1}2\right)\Gamma\left(a+\frac {n+1}2-b'\right)\Gamma\left(a+\frac {n+1}2-c'\right)}\\
&=\pi\Gamma\left(b+c+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(b'+c'+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(a+\frac 12-b-c\right)\Gamma\left(a+\frac 12-b'-c'\right)\Gamma\left(a+\frac 12\right)^2\\
&\cdot\sum_{0\leq n}\frac{2a+2n-1}{2a-1}\frac{(2a-1,2b,2c,2b',2c')_n}{2^{4n}}\frac{(-1)^n}{n!}\\
&\cdot\frac{1}{\Gamma\left(b+\frac{n+1}2\right)\Gamma\left(c+\frac {n+1}2\right)\Gamma\left(a+\frac {n+1}2-b\right)\Gamma\left(a+\frac {n+1}2-c\right)}\\
&\cdot\frac{1}{\Gamma\left(b'+\frac{n+1}2\right)\Gamma\left(c'+\frac {n+1}2\right)\Gamma\left(a+\frac {n+1}2-b'\right)\Gamma\left(a+\frac {n+1}2-c'\right)}\\
\end{align}
ここで,
\begin{align}
&\sum_{0\leq n}\frac{2a+2n-1}{2a-1}\frac{(2a-1,2b,2c,2b',2c')_n}{2^{4n}}\frac{(-1)^n}{n!}\\
&\cdot\frac{1}{\Gamma\left(b+\frac{n+1}2\right)\Gamma\left(c+\frac {n+1}2\right)\Gamma\left(a+\frac {n+1}2-b\right)\Gamma\left(a+\frac {n+1}2-c\right)}\\
&\cdot\frac{1}{\Gamma\left(b'+\frac{n+1}2\right)\Gamma\left(c'+\frac {n+1}2\right)\Gamma\left(a+\frac {n+1}2-b'\right)\Gamma\left(a+\frac {n+1}2-c'\right)}\\
&=\sum_{0\leq n}\frac{2a+4n-1}{2a-1}\frac{(2a-1,2b,2c,2b',2c')_{2n}}{2^{8n}}\frac{1}{(2n)!}\\
&\cdot\frac{1}{\Gamma\left(b+\frac{1}2+n\right)\Gamma\left(c+\frac {1}2+n\right)\Gamma\left(a+\frac {1}2-b+n\right)\Gamma\left(a+\frac {1}2-c+n\right)}\\
&\cdot\frac{1}{\Gamma\left(b'+\frac{1}2+n\right)\Gamma\left(c'+\frac {1}2+n\right)\Gamma\left(a+\frac {1}2-b'+n\right)\Gamma\left(a+\frac {1}2-c'+n\right)}\\
&-\sum_{0\leq n}\frac{2a+4n+1}{2a-1}\frac{(2a-1,2b,2c,2b',2c')_{2n+1}}{2^{8n+4}}\frac{1}{(2n+1)!}\\
&\cdot\frac{1}{\Gamma\left(b+n+1\right)\Gamma\left(c+n+1\right)\Gamma\left(a+1-b+n\right)\Gamma\left(a+1-c+n\right)}\\
&\cdot\frac{1}{\Gamma\left(b'+n+1\right)\Gamma\left(c'+n+1\right)\Gamma\left(a+1-b'+n\right)\Gamma\left(a+1-c'+n\right)}\\
&=\frac 1{\Gamma\left(b+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(c+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(a+\frac 12-b\right)\Gamma\left(a+\frac 12-c\right)\Gamma\left(b'+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(c'+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(a+\frac 12-b'\right)\Gamma\left(a+\frac 12-c'\right)}\\
&\cdot\sum_{0\leq n}\frac{2a+4n-1}{2a-1}\frac{\left(a-\frac 12,a,b,c,b',c'\right)_n}{\left(a+\frac 12-b,a+\frac 12-c,a+\frac 12-b',a+\frac 12-c',\frac 12\right)_nn!}\\
&-\frac 1{\Gamma(b)\Gamma(c)\Gamma(1+a-b)\Gamma(1+a-c)\Gamma(b')\Gamma(c')\Gamma(1+a-b')\Gamma(1+a-c')}\\
&\cdot\sum_{0\leq n}(2a+4n+1)\frac{\left(a,a+\frac 12,b+\frac 12,c+\frac 12,b'+\frac 12,c'+\frac 12\right)_n}{\left(1+a-b,1+a-c,1+a-b',1+a-c',\frac 32\right)_nn!}
\end{align}
よって, これを代入して定理を得る.
定理1を特殊化することによって, 次の和公式を得る.
$b+b'=\frac 12+a$のとき,
\begin{align}
&\sum_{0\leq k,l}\frac{(a,2b,2c)_k}{k!\left(b+c+\frac 12\right)_k}\frac{(a,2b',2c')_l}{l!\left(b'+c'+\frac 12\right)_l}\frac 1{(2a)_{k+l}}\\
&=\frac{\pi^{\frac 32}\Gamma\left(b+c+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(b'+c'+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(b'-c\right)\Gamma\left(b-c'\right)\Gamma\left(a+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(\frac 12-c-c'\right)}{\Gamma\left(b\right)\Gamma\left(b+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(b'\right)\Gamma\left(b'+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(c+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(c'+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(\frac 12-c\right)\Gamma\left(\frac 12-c'\right)\Gamma\left(\frac 12+a-c-c'\right)}\\
&-\frac {\pi^{\frac 32}\Gamma\left(b+c+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(b'+c'+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(b'-c\right)\Gamma\left(b-c'\right)\Gamma\left(a+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(\frac 12-c-c'\right)}{\Gamma(b)\Gamma\left(b+\frac 12\right)\Gamma(b')\Gamma\left(b'+\frac 12\right)\Gamma(c)\Gamma(c')\Gamma(1-c)\Gamma(1-c')\Gamma\left(\frac 12+a-c-c'\right)}
\end{align}
定理1とDougallの${}_5F_4$和公式より,
\begin{align}
&\sum_{0\leq k,l}\frac{(a,2b,2c)_k}{k!\left(b+c+\frac 12\right)_k}\frac{(a,2b',2c')_l}{l!\left(b'+c'+\frac 12\right)_l}\frac 1{(2a)_{k+l}}\\
&=\frac{\pi\Gamma\left(b+c+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(b'+c'+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(a+\frac 12-b-c\right)\Gamma\left(a+\frac 12-b'-c'\right)\Gamma\left(a+\frac 12\right)^2}{\Gamma\left(b+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(c+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(a+\frac 12-b\right)\Gamma\left(a+\frac 12-c\right)\Gamma\left(b'+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(c'+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(a+\frac 12-b'\right)\Gamma\left(a+\frac 12-c'\right)}\\
&\cdot\F54{a-\frac 12,\frac a2+\frac 34,a,c,c'}{\frac a2-\frac 14,\frac 12,\frac 12+a-c,\frac 12+a-c'}1\\
&-\frac {2\pi\Gamma\left(b+c+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(b'+c'+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(a+\frac 12-b-c\right)\Gamma\left(a+\frac 12-b'-c'\right)\Gamma\left(a+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(a+\frac 32\right)}{\Gamma(b)\Gamma(c)\Gamma(1+a-b)\Gamma(1+a-c)\Gamma(b')\Gamma(c')\Gamma(1+a-b')\Gamma(1+a-c')}\\
&\cdot\F54{a+\frac 12,\frac a2+\frac 54,a,c+\frac 12,c'+\frac 12}{\frac a2+\frac 14,\frac 32,1+a-c,1+a-c'}1\\
&=\frac{\pi\Gamma\left(b+c+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(b'+c'+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(b'-c\right)\Gamma\left(b-c'\right)\Gamma\left(a+\frac 12\right)^2}{\Gamma\left(b\right)\Gamma\left(b+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(b'\right)\Gamma\left(b'+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(c+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(a+\frac 12-c\right)\Gamma\left(c'+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(a+\frac 12-c'\right)}\\
&\cdot\frac{\Gamma\left(\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(\frac 12+a-c\right)\Gamma\left(\frac 12+a-c'\right)\Gamma\left(\frac 12-c-c'\right)}{\Gamma\left(\frac 12+a\right)\Gamma\left(\frac 12-c\right)\Gamma\left(\frac 12-c'\right)\Gamma\left(\frac 12+a-c-c'\right)}\\
&-\frac {2\pi\Gamma\left(b+c+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(b'+c'+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(b'-c\right)\Gamma\left(b-c'\right)\Gamma\left(a+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(a+\frac 32\right)}{\Gamma(b)\Gamma\left(b+\frac 12\right)\Gamma(b')\Gamma\left(b'+\frac 12\right)\Gamma(c)\Gamma(1+a-c)\Gamma(c')\Gamma(1+a-c')}\\
&\cdot\frac{\Gamma\left(\frac 32\right)\Gamma(1+a-c)\Gamma(1+a-c')\Gamma\left(\frac 12-c-c'\right)}{\Gamma\left(\frac 32+a\right)\Gamma(1-c)\Gamma(1-c')\Gamma\left(\frac 12+a-c-c'\right)}\\
&=\frac{\pi^{\frac 32}\Gamma\left(b+c+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(b'+c'+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(b'-c\right)\Gamma\left(b-c'\right)\Gamma\left(a+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(\frac 12-c-c'\right)}{\Gamma\left(b\right)\Gamma\left(b+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(b'\right)\Gamma\left(b'+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(c+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(c'+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(\frac 12-c\right)\Gamma\left(\frac 12-c'\right)\Gamma\left(\frac 12+a-c-c'\right)}\\
&-\frac {\pi^{\frac 32}\Gamma\left(b+c+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(b'+c'+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(b'-c\right)\Gamma\left(b-c'\right)\Gamma\left(a+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(\frac 12-c-c'\right)}{\Gamma(b)\Gamma\left(b+\frac 12\right)\Gamma(b')\Gamma\left(b'+\frac 12\right)\Gamma(c)\Gamma(c')\Gamma(1-c)\Gamma(1-c')\Gamma\left(\frac 12+a-c-c'\right)}
\end{align}
Singalの論文においては, 上の形で書かれているが, 右辺はさらに
\begin{align}
&\frac{\pi^{\frac 32}\Gamma\left(b+c+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(b'+c'+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(b'-c\right)\Gamma\left(b-c'\right)\Gamma\left(a+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(\frac 12-c-c'\right)}{\Gamma\left(b\right)\Gamma\left(b+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(b'\right)\Gamma\left(b'+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(c+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(c'+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(\frac 12-c\right)\Gamma\left(\frac 12-c'\right)\Gamma\left(\frac 12+a-c-c'\right)}\\
&-\frac {\pi^{\frac 32}\Gamma\left(b+c+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(b'+c'+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(b'-c\right)\Gamma\left(b-c'\right)\Gamma\left(a+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(\frac 12-c-c'\right)}{\Gamma(b)\Gamma\left(b+\frac 12\right)\Gamma(b')\Gamma\left(b'+\frac 12\right)\Gamma(c)\Gamma(c')\Gamma(1-c)\Gamma(1-c')\Gamma\left(\frac 12+a-c-c'\right)}\\
&=\frac{\pi^{\frac 32}\Gamma\left(b+c+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(b'+c'+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(b'-c\right)\Gamma\left(b-c'\right)\Gamma\left(a+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(\frac 12-c-c'\right)}{\Gamma\left(b\right)\Gamma\left(b+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(b'\right)\Gamma\left(b'+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(\frac 12+a-c-c'\right)}\\
&\cdot\left(\frac 1{\Gamma\left(c+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(c'+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(\frac 12-c\right)\Gamma\left(\frac 12-c'\right)}-\frac 1{\Gamma(c)\Gamma(c')\Gamma(1-c)\Gamma(1-c')}\right)\\
&=\frac{\Gamma\left(b+c+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(b'+c'+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(b'-c\right)\Gamma\left(b-c'\right)\Gamma\left(a+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(\frac 12-c-c'\right)}{\sqrt{\pi}\Gamma\left(b\right)\Gamma\left(b+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(b'\right)\Gamma\left(b'+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(\frac 12+a-c-c'\right)}\\
&\cdot\left(\cos\pi c\cos\pi c'-\sin\pi c\sin\pi c'\right)\\
&=\frac{\Gamma\left(b+c+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(b'+c'+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(b'-c\right)\Gamma\left(b-c'\right)\Gamma\left(a+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(\frac 12-c-c'\right)}{\sqrt{\pi}\Gamma\left(b\right)\Gamma\left(b+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(b'\right)\Gamma\left(b'+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(\frac 12+a-c-c'\right)}\cos\pi(c+c')\\
&=\frac{\sqrt{\pi}\Gamma\left(b+c+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(b'+c'+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(b'-c\right)\Gamma\left(b-c'\right)\Gamma\left(a+\frac 12\right)}{\Gamma\left(b\right)\Gamma\left(b+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(b'\right)\Gamma\left(b'+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(\frac 12+a-c-c'\right)\Gamma\left(\frac 12+c+c'\right)}
\end{align}
と簡潔に整理することができる. つまり, 以下を得る.
$b+b'=\frac 12+a$のとき,
\begin{align}
&\sum_{0\leq k,l}\frac{(a,2b,2c)_k}{k!\left(b+c+\frac 12\right)_k}\frac{(a,2b',2c')_l}{l!\left(b'+c'+\frac 12\right)_l}\frac 1{(2a)_{k+l}}\\
&=
\frac{\sqrt{\pi}\Gamma\left(b+c+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(b'+c'+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(b'-c\right)\Gamma\left(b-c'\right)\Gamma\left(a+\frac 12\right)}{\Gamma\left(b\right)\Gamma\left(b+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(b'\right)\Gamma\left(b'+\frac 12\right)\Gamma\left(\frac 12+a-c-c'\right)\Gamma\left(\frac 12+c+c'\right)}
\end{align}
定理2, 定理3は$c'=0$のときにWatsonの和公式に一致するという意味で, その拡張を与えている.
Singalによる1976年の論文, A Watson sum for non-terminating double hypergeometric series には定理2を示す方針は書かれているが途中の計算が無く, 定理1は明示的には書かれていない.