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 Events January 26 - Stanislaus I of Poland abdicates his throne. ... August 15 is the 227th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (228th in leap years), with 138 days remaining. ... 1798 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... A mathematician is a person whose area of study and research is mathematics. ... This article is about the town of Shrewsbury in England. ... Shropshire (abbreviated Salop or Salops) is a county in the West Midlands of England, bordering Cheshire, Staffordshire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire, and the Welsh preserved counties of Powys and Clwyd. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion... Pontesbury is a large village in Shropshire, England and is near to the county town, Shrewsbury. ... Shropshire (abbreviated Salop or Salops) is a county in the West Midlands of England, bordering Cheshire, Staffordshire, Worcestershire, Herefordshire, and the Welsh preserved counties of Powys and Clwyd. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion...

He was Lucasian professor of mathematics at Cambridge University from 1760 until his death. He was awarded the Copley Medal in 1784. The incumbent of the Lucasian Chair of Mathematics, the Lucasian professor is the holder of a mathematical professorship at Cambridge University. ... The University of Cambridge is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... 1760 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The Copley Medal is a scientific award for work in any field of science, the highest award granted by the Royal Society of London. ...

He made the assertion known as Waring's Problem without proof in his writings Meditationes Algebraicae. In number theory, Warings Problem, proposed in 1770 by Edward Waring, asks whether for every natural number k there exists an associated positive integer s such that every natural number is the sum of at most s kth powers of natural numbers. ...

See also

• Waring's Problem
• Lagrange polynomial

In number theory, Warings Problem, proposed in 1770 by Edward Waring, asks whether for every natural number k there exists an associated positive integer s such that every natural number is the sum of at most s kth powers of natural numbers. ... In numerical analysis, a Lagrange polynomial, named after Joseph Louis Lagrange, is the interpolation polynomial for a given set of data points in the Lagrange form. ...

External links

• MacTutor Waring biography (http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/history/Mathematicians/Waring.html)