Hilbert-Waring Theorem/Variant Form/Particular Cases/7/Historical Note
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Particular Case of the Hilbert-Waring Theorem -- Variant Form: $k = 7$: Historical Note
David Wells reports in his Curious and Interesting Numbers of $1986$ that:
- All sufficiently large numbers are the sum of at most $137$ seventh powers.
At time of writing that may have been adequate, but since then the subject has moved on considerably.
The statement has been removed from later editions.
Sources
- 1986: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers ... (previous) ... (next): $137$