ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

L(R)

Well, l(r) is a way of writing a mathematical function. It tells us how much something is changing when we change something else.

Let's pretend we have a toy car, and we want to know how fast it goes when we push it harder or softer. We can use l(r) to help us figure this out.

The "l" stands for "limit", which means we're trying to find out what happens when we get really close to a certain point (like pushing the car really gently). The "(r)" means we're interested in how the car's speed changes when we change how hard we push it (r is short for "rate of change").

So, l(r) is like a special recipe that helps us find out how much the car's speed changes when we change how hard we push it. We could use this information to figure out how hard we need to push the car to make it go a certain speed or distance.

Of course, this is just one example of how l(r) could be used. It's a really useful tool for a lot of different kinds of math problems. But the important thing to remember is that it's a way of figuring out how much something changes when something else changes, using a special recipe called "limit".