Let A, B be forward and M be backward shift operators on a, b and m respectively. Denote the identity on the right-hand-side of Thm 10' by R Then we verify that R(a,b,m) satisfies the recurrence X(m - 1, a, b) X(m - 1, a + 1, b + 1) - X(m - 1, a + 1, b) X(m - 1, a, b + 1) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- X(m, a, b) X(m - 2, a + 1, b + 1) = 1, or M(R) MAB(R) AM(R) BM(R) ----------- - ----------- = 1 R MMAB(R) R MMAB(R) Note that: (3 b + 2 m - 1)! (2 a + 2 m - b)! (2 b - a + 2 m)! (3 a + 2 m - 1)! M(R)/R = ------------------------------------------------------------------- m! (3 b + 3 m - 1)! (a + b + m - 1)! (3 a + 3 m - 1)! MA(R) = / m - 1 \ / m \ | --------' | | --------' | |' | | i! (3 b + 3 i - 1)!| |' | | (a + b + i - 1)! (3 a + 3 i - 1)!| | | | -------------------| | | | ---------------------------------| | | | (3 b + 2 i - 1)! | | | | (2 a + 2 i - b)! | | | | | | | | | \ i = 0 / \ i = 1 / / m - 1 \ | --------' | |' | | 1 | | | | -------------------------------------| | | | (2 b - a + 2 i - 1)! (3 a + 2 i + 2)!| | | | | \ i = 0 / and MA(R) ----- = (3 b + 2 m - 1)! (2 a - b)! (2 b - a + 2 m)! (3 a + 2 m - 1)! R / m - 1 \ / m - 1 \ | --------' | | --------' | |' | | (3 a + 2 i - 1)!| |' | | (2 b - a + 2 i)! | | | | ----------------| | | | --------------------|/ | | | (3 a + 2 i + 2)!| | | | (2 b - a + 2 i - 1)!| | | | | | | | | \ i = 0 / \ i = 0 / (m! (3 b + 3 m - 1)! (a + b - 1)! (3 a - 1)!) M(R) (2 a + 2 m - b) (2 b - a + 2 m) (a + b + m) ----------- = ------------------------------------------- MR (3 b + 2 m) (3 a + 2 m) m R ABM(----) R and MA(R) (2 a - b) (a + b) (- 2 b + a) ----------- = - ----------------------------- MA(R) (3 b + 2 m) (3 a + 2 m) m R BM(-----) R Finally, M(R) MA(R) ----------- - ----------- = 1 MR MA(R) R ABM(----) R BM(-----) R R