Basic Properties
It is immediate from the definition that the order of the parameters, or the order of the parameters can be changed without changing the value of the function. Also, if any of the parameters is equal to any of the parameters, then the matching parameters can be "cancelled out", with certain exceptions when the parameters are non-positive integers. For example,
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Read more about this topic: Generalized Hypergeometric Function
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