ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Renewal theory

Renewal theory is like a repeating cycle. It's something that starts, runs for a while, and then goes back to the start and begins again. For example, think of a bicycle wheel spinning around. As it spins, it looks like the same thing over and over, going round and round. That's renewal theory. It's the idea that certain things happen in a repeating cycle.