Waring’s problem: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Waring’s theorem

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problem Lagrange’s four-square theorem number theory birthday problem Riemann hypothesis Burnside problem twin prime conjecture prime number theorem amicable numbers Fermat’s last theorem perfect number Chinese remainder theorem Sturm-Liouville problem

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Edward Waring

English mathematician

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