Some generalisations of the Preece theorem involving the product of two Kummer's functions 1F1 are obtained using Dixon's theorem and some well-known identities. Its special cases yield various new transformations and reduction formulae involving Pathan's quadruple hypergeometric function and Srivastava's quadruple hypergeometric function F(4) and triple hypergeometric function F(3). Some known results of Preece, Pathan and Bailey are also obtained as special cases.

This paper is aimed at establishing sufficient computable criteria for the Euclidean null controllability of an infinite neutral differential system, when the controls are essentially bounded measurable functions on finite intervals, with values in a compact subset U of an m-dimensional Euclidean space with zero in its interior. Our results are obtained by exploiting the stability of the free system and the rank criterion for properness of the controlled system. An example is also given.

The following figure has been reprinted since the one on page 30 of the previous issue (ANZIAM J. vol. 48 part 1) is unsatisfactory.