# computation of a hypergeometric sum [on hold]

Let $$q,\ell, M \in \mathbb{N}$$ I am not familiar with mathematica, maple or mathlab to, at least see what this sum suppose to be. I am wondering if someone can compute this sum $$\sum_{m=0}^q\binom{q-m+\ell-1}{q-m}\binom{2m+M-1}{2m}$$

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• Cross-posted: math.stackexchange.com/q/3320153/5676 – Peter Taylor Aug 12 at 6:34
• Check out the book by Petkovsek et all "A = B", it gives algorithms to solve such questions. Be warned, the methods given are not viable for hand computation except for very particular cases (it is typical to have to check hundreds of cases). Most modern computer algebra systems include them, though. – vonbrand Aug 12 at 14:10