A simple proof of Andrews's 5F4 evaluation

Abstract

We give a simple proof of George Andrews's balanced 5F4 evaluation using two fundamental principles: the nth difference of a polynomial of degree less than n is zero, and a polynomial of degree n that vanishes at n+1 points is identically zero.

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