Waring's problem for sixteen biquadrates -- numerical results (Q5939717)

\textit{H.~Davenport} [Ann. Math (2) 40, 731-747 (1939; Zbl 0024.01402)] showed that all large numbers are sums of 16~biquadrates. More recently, \textit{H.~E.~Thomas} [Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 193, 427-430 (1974; Zbl 0294.10033)] showed that every number in the interval \([13793,10^{80}]\) is a sum of 16~biquadrates. Here the authors extend the upper end of the interval to~\(10^{245}\). It is also announced that in a forthcoming paper, the first author together with \textit{K.~Kawada} and \textit{T.~D.~Wooley}, has established that every number exceeding~\(10^{220}\) is a sum of 16~biquadrates. The list of the 96 numbers up to 13792 which require at least 17~biquadrates is also given.