Vidar-Lo will start fourth this autumn, but is already studying math for children in fifth-sixth grade. He is the youngest of those who met three days at Chalmers to devote himself to mathematics and programming.

There is a great need

The people behind the project are the mathematics association Intize, which usually works more with mentoring programs. They collaborate with both Chalmers and the University of Gothenburg, which provide non-profit mentors for younger students, who either have difficulty with mathematics or, in this case, find it unusually easy.

The mathematics days at Chalmers, on the other hand, have not been done before.

- It is clear that there is a great need for particularly gifted children to be challenged at their level, many of these children otherwise completely lose interest in school. The places for the days were filled quickly and we received some unexpected registrations from all over Sweden, says Linda Ekberg, operations manager at Intize.

In the clip above, you hear some children's thoughts about the math days and what risks there are for particularly gifted children who are not challenged.