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Edward Waring FRS (c. 1736 – 15 August 1798) was a British mathematician. He entered Magdalene College, Cambridge as a sizar and became Senior wrangler in 1757. He was elected a Fellow of Magdalene and in 1760 Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, holding the chair until his death.
Aug 15, 2013 · Edward Waring was an English mathematician who gave many results about decomposing numbers into sums of powers and sums of primes.
Aug 11, 2024 · Edward Waring (born 1734, Old Heath, near Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England—died August 15, 1798, Pontesbury, Shropshire) was an English mathematician whose primary research interests were in algebra and number theory.
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Edward Waring FRS ( c. 1736 – 15 August 1798) was a British mathematician. He entered Magdalene College, Cambridge as a sizar and became Senior wrangler in 1757. He was elected a Fellow of Magdalene and in 1760 Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, holding the chair until his death.
Edward Waring was a British mathematician. He entered Magdalene College, Cambridge as a sizar and became Senior wrangler in 1757. He was elected a Fellow of Magdalene and in 1760 Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, holding the chair until his death.
Edward Waring. 1734-1798. English physician and mathematician who contributed significantly to the fields of number theory and algebraic curves. Waring's theorem, stated in 1777, held that every integer is equal to the sum of no more than nine cubes and not more than 19 fourth powers.
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In number theory, Waring's problem asks whether each natural number k has an associated positive integer s such that every natural number is the sum of at most s natural numbers raised to the power k. For example, every natural number is the sum of at most 4 squares, 9 cubes, or 19 fourth powers.
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