ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Quasiconformal map

Okay kiddo, let me tell you about something called quasiconformal maps! So imagine you have a map of your room, and you want to stretch it and make it bigger or smaller without changing the shapes of the things in your room. That's kind of like what a quasiconformal map does.

But what's special about quasiconformal maps is that they take the shapes in one area and try to keep them the same in a different area, while still changing the size and shape of the overall map. Think of it like a stretching or squeezing of the paper the map is drawn on, but without changing the shapes of any of the things drawn on the paper.

This can be really helpful in mathematical equations and geometry, because it allows you to take shapes and change them in a way that still preserves certain important properties. Plus, the name "quasiconformal" just sounds really cool, don't you think?