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AKNS system

Okay kiddo, let me explain what the AKNS system is.

Do you know how sometimes you have a big problem to solve? Like, let's say you need to put together a puzzle with a lot of pieces. It can be really hard to figure out where every piece goes, right?

Well, imagine if you could break that big problem down into smaller problems that are easier to solve. That's what the AKNS system does.

You see, AKNS stands for a bunch of really long names of people who invented this system. But what it means is that you can take a big, complicated math problem and break it down into several smaller math problems that you can solve one by one.

It's like taking a puzzle and breaking it up into smaller parts that you can put together more easily. And once you've solved all those smaller pieces, you can put them together to solve the whole puzzle!

So, the AKNS system is a way to take big problems in math and make them easier to handle by breaking them down into smaller pieces. Pretty cool, huh?