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'Edward Waring' (
1734 –
August 15,
1798) was an
English mathematician who was born in
Old Heath (near
Shrewsbury),
Shropshire, England and died in
Pontesbury, Shropshire, England.
Waring was
Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at
Cambridge University from
1760 until his death.
He made the assertion known as
Waring's Problem without proof in his writings ''Meditationes Algebraicae''.
Waring was awarded the
Copley Medal in 1784.
See also
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Waring's Problem
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Lagrange polynomial
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