ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Double suspension theorem

Okay, kiddo! So imagine you're playing on a playground. You're swinging on a swing set and it's making you go up and down. But you also notice that the whole swing set is wobbling back and forth. That's because the swing set has two parts that are moving separately - the swing seat and the frame of the swing set.

Now, let's say you want to figure out how the swing set is moving. You could focus only on the swing seat and how it's going up and down. Or you could focus only on the frame of the swing set and how it's wobbling back and forth. But if you really want to understand how the whole swing set is moving, you need to think about both of these things together.

That's where the double suspension theorem comes in. It's a rule that says if you have two parts of a system that are moving separately (like the swing seat and the frame of the swing set), you can figure out how the whole system is moving by looking at how each individual part is moving.

The math behind the double suspension theorem is a little complicated, but the idea is pretty simple - if you understand how two parts of a system are moving separately, you can use that information to figure out how the whole system is moving.

So next time you're swinging on a swing set, remember the double suspension theorem and think about how both the swing seat and the frame of the swing set are working together to make you go up and down. Cool, huh?
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