Okay kiddo, let me explain exhaustion by compact sets. Imagine you have a really big toy box with lots of toys inside. Now, you want to make sure you have seen and played with every toy in the box.
Exhaustion by compact sets is like taking out toys from the box one by one, playing with them, and putting them back in. But, instead of taking the toys out randomly, we have a special order we need to follow. We need to take out toys that are in smaller groups first, and once we are done with those, we move on to bigger groups until we have played with every toy in the box.
In math, we use this method to understand and analyze functions. We want to understand a function in its entirety, but sometimes it's easier to do it step by step. So, instead of looking at the whole function, we break it down into smaller pieces called compact sets. These compact sets are like the small groups of toys we take out first.
By studying a function on compact sets, we can understand how it behaves on those smaller pieces. Once we've gone through all the compact sets, we have a better understanding of how the function behaves as a whole. It's like playing with every toy in the box!
So, there you have it, kiddo. Exhaustion by compact sets is like playing with every toy in a really big toy box by taking out smaller groups of toys first. In math, it helps us understand a function by breaking it down into smaller, more manageable pieces.