ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Sheffer sequence

Okay kiddo, let's talk about something called the Sheffer sequence. It might sound super complex, but I will explain it to you in a simple way.

So, imagine you have two different types of blocks, which we will call 'A' and 'B'. You can place these blocks in different sequences to make different shapes or structures. The Sheffer sequence basically tells us which kind of structures we can make with only the 'A' block and the 'B' block.

It works like this: first, you start with the 'A' block. Then, you add a second 'A' block next to it. And then, you add a 'B' block next to the second 'A' block. So now we have three blocks in total: A, A, and B.

Now, we can use this sequence to build more complicated shapes. If we add another 'B' block next to the first 'B' block in our sequence, we get a new structure that has four blocks: A, A, B, B. If we add another 'A' block next to the last 'B' block, we get a structure with five blocks: A, A, B, B, A.

We can keep adding blocks in this way to create all kinds of different shapes and structures. And the Sheffer sequence tells us that we can use just these two blocks, 'A' and 'B', to create any possible structure that we want.

So, in the end, the Sheffer sequence is a simple way of showing us how we can use different building blocks to make all kinds of different things. Pretty neat, huh?