Edward Waring
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Edward Waring (1736 – August 15, 1798) was British 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
External links
- John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson. [] at the MacTutor History of Mathematics archive.
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