ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Subspace lattice

Ok little one, imagine you have a bunch of different toys and you want to find a way to organize them. One way you could do that is by putting all the cars in one pile, all the dolls in another pile, and all the blocks in a third pile. Now you have created three groups or "subsets" of toys based on what type of toy they are.

A subspace lattice is kind of like this toy organization, except instead of toys, we are dealing with mathematical objects called "subspaces". A subspace is just a fancy way of saying a set of mathematical vectors that satisfies certain rules, like being closed under addition and scalar multiplication.

Just like with toys, we can group these subspaces together into different subsets based on their properties. For example, we can group together all the subspaces that contain a certain vector or all the subspaces that are perpendicular to another subspace.

When we take all these different subsets and put them together in a diagram or a "lattice", we get a subspace lattice. Think of it like a big Lego tower made up of smaller Lego sections. Each section is organized in a certain way and they all fit together to make one big tower.

So a subspace lattice is really just a way of organizing and visualizing all the different subspaces that exist in a particular mathematical space. It may seem complicated, but just think of it like organizing your toys into different piles and you'll be well on your way to understanding subspace lattices!