Towards a Parallel Summation Algorithm

We propose a summation analog of the paradigm of parallel integration. Using this paradigm, we make some first steps towards an indefinite summation algorithm applicable to summands that rationally depend on the summation index and a P-recursive sequence and its shifts. Under the assumption that the corresponding difference field has no unnatural constants, we are able to compute a bound on the normal part of the denominator of a potential closed form. We can also handle the numerator. Our algorithm is incomplete so far as we cannot predict the special part of the denominator. However, we do have some structural results about special polynomials for the setting under consideration.