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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 11, 2024 · Edward Waring was an English mathematician whose primary research interests were in algebra and number theory. Waring attended Magdalene College, University of Cambridge, graduating in 1757 as senior wrangler (first place in the annual Mathematical Tripos contest).
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Aug 15, 2013 · Edward Waring was an English mathematician who gave many results about decomposing numbers into sums of powers and sums of primes. View two larger pictures. Biography. Edward Waring's father, John Waring, was a farmer. Several generations of his family lived at Mytton in Shropshire.
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 (circa 1736 – 15 August 1798) was an English mathematician who was born in Old Heath (near Shrewsbury), Shropshire, England and died in Pontesbury, Shropshire, England. He entered Magdalene College, Cambridge as a sizar and became Senior wrangler in 1757.
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.
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.
