Edward Waring
- Edward Waring
Infobox Scientist
name = Edward Waring
box_width = 300px
birth_date = 1736
birth_place = Old Heath,Shropshire ,England
death_date = death date and age|1798|08|15|1736|01|01
death_place =Pontesbury ,Shropshire ,England
nationality =United Kingdom
field =Mathematics
work_institutions =University of Cambridge
alma_mater =Magdalene College, Cambridge
doctoral_advisor =
doctoral_students = John Wilson
known_for =Waring's problem Waring's prime number conjecture
influences =
influenced =
prizes =Copley Medal in 1784Edward Waring (1736 –
August 15 ,1798 ) was an Englishmathematician who was born inOld Heath (nearShrewsbury ),Shropshire , England and died inPontesbury , Shropshire, England.He entered
Magdalene College, Cambridge as asizar and becameSenior wrangler in 1757.He was elected a Fellow of Magdalene and in 1760Lucasian Professor of Mathematics , holding the chair until his death.He made the assertion known as Waring's Problem without proof in his writings "Meditationes Algebraicae".
Waring was elected a
Fellow of the Royal Society in 1763 and awarded theCopley Medal in 1784.ee also
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Lagrange polynomial
*Waring's prime number conjecture
*Waring's problem External links
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