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Waring's problem

Waring's problem proper noun: the problem of whether each natural number k has an associated positive integer s such that every natural number is the sum of at most s natural numbers raised to the power k.

Proper noun

Waring's problem

  1. The problem of whether each natural number k has an associated positive integer s such that every natural number is the sum of at most s natural numbers raised to the power k.

Origin of Waring's problem

The problem was proposed in 1770 by Edward Waring.

Questions about Waring's problem

What does Waring's problem mean?
Waring's problem means the problem of whether each natural number k has an associated positive integer s such that every natural number is the sum of at most s natural numbers raised to the power k.
What part of speech is Waring's problem?
Waring's problem is a proper noun.

Words near Waring's problem in the dictionary

  1. warine
  2. warines
  3. wariness
  4. warinesses
  5. waring
  6. Waring's problem
  7. waringin
  8. waringins
  9. Wario
  10. warish
  11. warished

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