Dieulefait, L. V. (Luis Victor)Madrid Gómez, Jaime2018-05-252018-05-252018-01-19https://hdl.handle.net/2445/122571Treballs Finals de Grau de Matemàtiques, Facultat de Matemàtiques, Universitat de Barcelona, Any: 2018, Director: Luis Victor Dieulefait[en] In number theory, Waring’s problem (1770) asks whether for each natural number k exists an associated positive integer $s(k)$ such that every natural number is the sum of at most s natural numbers to the power of $k$. The statement was proved by Hilbert in 1909. We present an overview of Hilbert-Waring theorem. First, we introduce the modern notation and find several lower and upper bounds using elementary methods. Next, we offer a proof of the theorem based on Schnirelmann’s density. Finally, we summarize the current state of the problem.45 p.application/pdfspacc-by-nc-nd (c) Jaime Madrid Gómez, 2018http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/esNombres naturalsTreballs de fi de grauTeoria de nombresCubNatural numbersBachelor's thesesNumber theoryCubeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess