ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Artin conjecture (L-functions)

So, imagine a really big puzzle with lots of pieces. Each piece is a number, and when we put them all together in the right way, we get a fancy shape. But we want to know more about those numbers.

There's a special way to look at all of these numbers called an L-function. It's like a special magnifying glass that helps us see more clearly.

The Artin Conjecture is a big mystery about these L-functions. It's like we don't know for sure if the puzzle pieces will always fit together in a certain way to make the fancy shape.

People have been trying to solve this mystery for a long time because it would help us understand these L-functions better and solve other even bigger puzzles that are related to them. But it's still a big mystery that we're trying to solve.