ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Point-finite collection

Imagine you have a lot of toys, but you can only play with a few of them at a time. A point-finite collection is like having a bunch of toys, but only being able to play with a certain number of them at a specific moment.

In math, a point-finite collection is a set of points where each point has a neighborhood (a region around it) that only contains finitely many other points from the set. This means that each point has a limited number of other points nearby.

Think of it like a group of friends playing together. Each friend has a certain number of other friends they can play with at a time, and they can only play with a certain number of friends total. So, the group as a whole is a point-finite collection because each person has a finite number of playmates.

Overall, the idea of a point-finite collection is that there are limits to how many points can be close to each other, just like how there are limits to how many toys you can play with or friends you can have at once.