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{\bf Victor J. W. Guo}
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{\bf The $q$-Binomial Theorem and two Symmetric $q$-Identities}
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We notice two symmetric $q$-identities,
which are special cases of the transformations of $_2\phi_1$ series
in Gasper and Rahman's book (Basic Hypergeometric Series, Cambridge 
University Press, 1990, p.~241). In this paper, we give combinatorial
proofs of these two identities and the $q$-binomial theorem by
using conjugation of $2$-modular diagrams.

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