ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Foster's theorem

Okay, kiddo, so Foster's theorem is a fancy term for a rule that helps us understand how electronic circuits work. You know how when you put two or more things together, they can make something new? Well, the same thing happens with electronic circuits!

Let's pretend you have a toy car and a toy train. Alone, they just do their own thing, but if you connect the cars and the train together, they can work together to make a new toy! This is kind of like what happens with electronic circuits.

Foster's theorem helps us understand how we can take two circuits and connect them together in such a way that they work together better than if we just tried connecting them randomly. It tells us that if we understand how each of the circuits works separately, we can figure out how to connect them in a way that makes the whole thing work better.

So, imagine you have two circuits: one that helps your toy car move and one that helps your toy train move. If you connect them together in a way that makes the train move more smoothly, you've used Foster's theorem to get them to work together better!

In summary, Foster's theorem is a rule that helps us connect two electronic circuits together so they can work together better than if we just connected them randomly. It's like putting together two toys to create a better, more awesome toy!