ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Almost quaternionic manifold

Okay, so imagine you have a really fancy toy, called a 'manifold'. It's like a 3D puzzle that has a lot of different shapes and pieces, and you can move them around and fit them together in different ways.

Now, imagine that instead of regular toys, you have toys with four different colors - red, blue, green, and yellow. These toys are very special, because they can rotate in four different directions instead of just three.

An almost quaternionic manifold is like one of these special toys, but much more complicated. It's a special kind of 3D puzzle that has four different 'directions' or 'axes' you can rotate it in, and each of these directions is represented by one of the four colors we talked about.

So if you're trying to solve an almost quaternionic manifold puzzle, you need to be really good at figuring out how each piece fits together and can rotate in each of these four directions. It's like a super-duper advanced version of your favorite puzzle game!

But remember, this toy is REALLY complicated, so it's not something you'd be able to solve in just a few minutes. It takes a lot of practice and patience to figure it all out.