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Questions asking for the intuition behind some definition, conjecture, proof etc. In other words, questions designed to improve or to acquire understanding on a conceptual or intuitive level, as opposed to on a technical or formal level. When asking such a question it can be helpful to include a rough description of ones understanding of the subject at hand (on a technical level).

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Intuition behind Harmonic Analysis in Analytic Number Theory

I highly recommend George Mackey's beautiful article Harmonic Analysis as the Exploitation of Symmetry—A Historical Survey. It is extremely long, although easy to read; perhaps you can look at the tab …
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What intuitive notion is formalized by condensed mathematics?

operatorname{im}} \newcommand{\tail}{\operatorname{tail}} \newcommand{\xra}{\xrightarrow} \newcommand{\red}[1]{{\color{red}{#1}}} \newcommand{\blue}[1]{{\color{blue}{#1}}} \require{AMScd} $We can get some intuition
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What intuitive notion is formalized by condensed mathematics?

\operatorname{tail}} \newcommand{\xra}{\xrightarrow} \newcommand{\red}[1]{{\color{red}{#1}}} \newcommand{\blue}[1]{{\color{blue}{#1}}} \require{AMScd} $By requst, split off from my other answer about intuition
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