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Waring’s problem for twenty-two biquadrates
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Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 193 (1974), 427-430 Request permission

Abstract:

That every natural number is the sum of at most twenty-two biquadrates is proven by ascent from machine results on sums of six fourth powers.
References
    Emily M. Chandler, Waring’s theorem for fourth powers, Dissertation, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill., 1933. L. E. Dickson, Simpler proofs of Waring’s theorem on cubes with generalizations, Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 30 (1928).
  • François Dress, Sur le problème de Waring pour les puissances quatrièmes, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris Sér. A-B 272 (1971), A457–A459 (French). MR 304311
  • Henry E. Thomas, Jr., A numerical approach to Waring’s problem for fourth powers, Dissertation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich., 1973.
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Additional Information
  • © Copyright 1974 American Mathematical Society
  • Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 193 (1974), 427-430
  • MSC: Primary 10J10; Secondary 10J05
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-1974-0342478-7
  • MathSciNet review: 0342478