ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Constructive set theory

Okay kiddo, let me try to explain constructive set theory to you in a way you can understand.

Do you know what a set is? It's kind of like a group of things. For example, a set of pencils would be all the pencils in a pencil case.

Constructive set theory is like a way of making sets, but it's a little bit different than other ways. It's like building a set from scratch, one piece at a time. You can only add things to the set if you can prove that they really belong there.

This means that you can't just assume that something is in the set without a good reason. You have to show how it fits in with the other things in the set, like a puzzle piece fitting into a jigsaw.

This might seem like a lot of work, but it helps us be really sure about what's in our set, and it can help us solve problems or answer questions in a really clear way.

So, in summary, constructive set theory is like building a set piece by piece, and you can only add things if you can prove they belong there. This makes it a really careful and precise way of working with sets.