Book:Edward Waring/Meditationes Algebraicae

Edward Waring: Meditationes Algebraicae

Published $\text {1770}$

A second edition of Miscellanea Analytica.

Subject Matter

• Solution of algebraic equations
• Number Theory, including:
  • Goldbach Conjecture
  • Wilson's Theorem
  • Waring's Problem

Contents

Every integral number is either a cube, or is a sum of two, three, $4$, $5$, $6$, $7$, $8$ or nine cubes; it is furthermore a biquadrate or is a sum of two, three, etc., all the way up to nineteen biquadrates, and so on in like manner.

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Sources

• 1986: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers ... (previous) ... (next): $9$
• 1997: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $9$
• 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Waring, Edward (1734-98)
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Waring, Edward (1734-98)