"Number theory swarms with bugs, waiting to bite the tempted flower-lovers who, once bitten, are inspired to excesses of effort!" ~Barry Mazur

“An ounce of algebra is worth a ton of verbal argument.” ~John B. S. Haldane

In this episode of LUMS Math Circle, students embarked on a journey to the Stone Age and learned counting principles using stones.

Dr. Imdad Ullah Khan and Dr. Imran Anwar amazed school kids with wonderful techniques of counting by translating algebraic problems to physical counting problems. Using stones, they established relationship between counting and area of fundamental objects. Intutively, students were able to deduce general formulae for various summation problems.

Here are some highlights from the event:

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