Transformation formulas for terminating Saalschützian hypergeometric series of unit argument

Transformation formulas for terminating Saalschfitzian hypergeometric series of unit argument p + 1Fp(1) are presented. They generalize the Saalschfitzian summation formula for 3F2(1). Formulas for p 3,4, 5 are obtained explicitly, and a recurrence relation is proved by means of which the corresponding formulas can also be derived for larger p. The Gaussian summation formula can be deriv-ed from the Saalschiitzian formula by a limiting process, and the same is true for the corresponding generalized formulas. By comparison with generalized Gaus-sian summation formulas obtained earlier in a different way, two identities for fi-nite sums involving terminating aF2(1) series are found. They depend on four or six independent parameters, respectively