English Explanatory Dictionary

Waring's problem

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. The problem of 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.

Word forms

Waring's problem

Etymology

The problem was proposed in 1770 by Edward Waring.

Related words

Hilbert-Waring theorem
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